HyperDic: cucking_stool

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

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