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cucking stool (n)
an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water
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an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water
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The cucking stool was a notorious form of punishment in medieval England, reserved for women convicted of minor offenses.
In some villages, the cucking stool was prominently displayed as a deterrent against wrongdoing.
Those sentenced to the cucking stool would be strapped to a chair and dunked into a body of water, often a river or pond.
The cucking stool was intended to publicly shame and humiliate the offender.
