Definition of cucking stool Cucking stool

cuck•ing stool

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What does cucking stool mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

cucking stool - an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water
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  • cucking stool (Noun)
    A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds and dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • cucking stool
    A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool.

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