deserved a trip to the woodshed

Business English Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #166 [color=blue]“Quality Control at Ford”, question 3

A Ford executive contended that suppliers deserved a trip to the for a number of costly, boneheaded mistakes.

(a) dentist
(b) market
(c) outhouse
(d) woodshed

Business English Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #166 [color=blue]“Quality Control at Ford”, answer 3

A Ford executive contended that suppliers deserved a trip to the woodshed for a number of costly, boneheaded mistakes.

Correct answer: (d) woodshed
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Why woodshed? Is there a special meaning here?
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‘A trip to the woodshed’ = punishment, castigation. In my youth, Father would take his young son to an outbuilding for a thrashing when the son misbehaved.