cutty stool

noun

, Scot.

1. a low stool.
2. (formerly) a seat in churches where offenders against chastity, or other delinquents, received public rebuke.

cutty stool

noun

1. (formerly, in Scotland) the church seat on which an unchaste person sat while being harangued by the minister

Word History and Origins

Origin of cutty stool¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

Are there nae cutty-stool businesses—are there nae marriages going on just now, Isaac?

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"If you and Dolly come over to us on Monday, you may put me on the cutty-stool if you like afterwards;" and with that he was gone.

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In Scotland the ordeals of sitting on the repentance-stool or cutty-stool were most frequent.

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