- cuckingstool
cucking-stool
1> _ист. позорный стул, к которому привязывали женщин дурного
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Новый большой англо-русский словарь. 2001.
cuckingstool
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cuckingstool — cuck·ing stool (kŭkʹĭng) n. An instrument of punishment no longer in use, consisting of a chair in which the offender was tied and exposed to public derision or ducked in water. [Middle English cukking stol, from cukken, to defecate, of… … Universalium
cuckingstool — sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 … Oldest English Words
scold — To rebuke or find fault with another. A person, especially a woman, who scolds. See common scold; cuckingstool; scolding … Ballentine's law dictionary
