| 单词 | ducking stool |
| 释义 | ducking stool (once / 218877 pages) n WORD FAMILY ducking stool: ducking stools USAGE EXAMPLESThe court of social media expressed astonishment, as usual appointing itself judge and jury and, in this case, ducking stool. The Guardian(Jun 25, 2014) "Who is responsible for this conventicle?" he continued, urging his horse towards the ducking stool. Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis), A Lad of Grit—A Story of Adventure...(2012) The Ducking Stool, showing also a Pillory, Stocks, and a refractory wife perched upon the stool about to receive a ducking, caused much hilarity. Goolrick, John T., Historic Fredericksburg—The Story o...(2012) n an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water Syn|Hyper cucking stool instrument of punishment an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person |
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