cucking-stool
11cucking stool — noun Etymology: Middle English cucking stol, literally, defecating chair Date: 12th century a chair formerly used for punishing offenders (as dishonest tradesmen) by public exposure or ducking in water …
12cucking-stool — [ kʌkɪŋstu:l] noun historical a chair to which disorderly women were tied and then ducked into water or subjected to public ridicule as a punishment. Origin ME: from obs. cuck defecate (because a stool containing a chamber pot was often used) …
13cucking-stool — n. Castigatory, trebuchet, tumbrel, ducking stool …
14cucking stool — noun an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water • Syn: ↑ducking stool • Hypernyms: ↑instrument of punishment …
15cucking-stool — n. hist. a chair on which disorderly women were ducked as a punishment. Etymology: ME f. obs. cuck defecate …
16cucking and ducking stools — ▪ punishment a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. The cucking stool (also known as a “scolding stool” or a “stool of repentance”) was in most cases a commode or toilet, placed in public view, upon which the… …
17Stool of Repentance — For an instrument of torture, see Cucking stool. The Stool of Repentance in Presbyterian polity, mostly in Scotland, was an elevated seat in a church used for public penance of persons who had offended against the morality of the time, often… …
18stool — A seat supported by three or four legs, having no back. See cucking stool …
19stool — n. a cucking, ducking; step stool * * * [stuːl] ducking step stool a cucking …
20ducking stool — Cucking stool Cuck ing stool (k?k ?ng st??l ). [Cf. AS. scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k?ka to …
