单词 | cucking stool |
释义 | cucking stool (once / 1074483 pages) n WORD FAMILY cucking stool USAGE EXAMPLESThere was also an instrument called a cucking stool - alternatively known as a "scolding stool" or a "stool of repentance". BBC(Jul 02, 2016) In the year 1572 Kingston got a new cucking stool; the Kingston scolds had become past bearing. Thomson, Hugh, Highways and Byways in Surrey(2010) n an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water Syn|Hyper ducking stool instrument of punishment an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person |
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