woodshed

puuvaja An enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood.
puhekieltä A place where punishments or reprimands are administered.
1907, “Latin President’s Plot May Disarrange the Central American Peace Plans,” New York Times, 11 Nov.,

The State Department is incensed, and if this conference fails it will be the woodshed for three Central American presidents.

His latest novel sheds light on an émigré writer’s woodshedding period.