cuck|ing stool

cuck|ing stool
cuck|ing stool «KUHK ihng»,
a chair into which common scolds, dishonest tradesmen, or others to be punished were strapped, left to be mocked and pelted by the crowd, or to be ducked
[(literally) a toilet seat < Middle English coken to defecate]

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