ALL meanings of cucking stool
cucking stool
C c - noun cucking stool stool in which suspected witches were tested 3
- noun cucking stool a stool to which suspected witches, scolds, etc, were tied and pelted or ducked into water as a punishment 3
- noun cucking stool a chair to which a person was fastened and exposed to public ridicule, or sometimes ducked in water, as a punishment 3
- noun cucking stool a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was strapped, to be mocked and pelted or ducked in water. 1
- noun cucking stool A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds and dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked. 0