HyperDic: ducking_stool

English > 1 sense of the expression ducking stool:
NOUNartifactducking stool, cucking stoolan instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water
English > ducking stool: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningAn instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water.
Synonymcucking stool
Broaderinstrument of punishmentAn instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person

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