E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
To ride the stang. To be under petticoat government. At one time a man who ill-treated his wife was made to sit on a stang or pole hoisted on mens shoulders. On this uneasy conveyance the stanger was carried in procession amidst the hootings and jeerings of his neighbours. (Saxon, stng, a pole.) (See SKIMMINGTON.)