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Skimmington or Skimmington ride is a form of communal punishment for moral deviance, graphic ritual enactment of the disordered household In England Skimmington is recorded from the seventeenth century onwards. The custom also saw its revival in mid-eighteen century British North American colonies Typical causes of the public outrage were adultery, wife-beating, henpecking. Battered husbands also were targeted by the Skimmington riders.

Guilty husband or wife in person, or their effigies or impersonators were paraded through the streets on a cart or the back of a donkey accompanied by loud noise.

Origins of the word are unclear, but according to Michael Quinion, probably derives from a skimming ladle.