cucking stool

[ kuhk-ing ]

noun
  1. a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was strapped, to be mocked and pelted or ducked in water.

Origin of cucking stool

1
1175–1225; Middle English cucking stol, literally, defecating stool, equivalent to cucking, present participle of cukken to defecate (<Scandinavian; compare dial Swedish kukka) + stolstool

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cucking stool

/ (ˈkʌkɪŋ) /


noun
  1. history a stool to which suspected witches, scolds, etc, were tied and pelted or ducked into water as a punishment: Compare ducking stool

Origin of cucking stool

1
C13 cucking stol, literally: defecating chair, from cukken to defecate; compare Old Norse kúkr excrement

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