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ducking stool
 

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Noun ducking stool has 1 sense
  1. cucking stool, ducking stool - an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water
    --1 is a kind of instrument of punishment

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Ducking Stool

Noun: A ducking stool is a chair or stool attached to a long lever, used to punish and publicly shame wrongdoers, primarily women, by immersing them in water.

Example sentences:

  1. The ducking stool was a common form of punishment during medieval times.
  2. She was sentenced to sit on the ducking stool for her alleged involvement in witchcraft.
  3. Witnessing the public humiliation of the accused on the ducking stool served as a deterrent for others.

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