cucking-stool
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cucking-stool /ˈkʌkɪŋstuːl/
▶noun historical a chair to which disorderly women were tied and then ducked into water or subjected to public ridicule as a punishment.
– origin ME: from obs. cuck ‘defecate’ (because a stool containing a chamber pot was often used).
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