ducking stool

duck·ing stool

(dŭk′ĭng)n. A chair attached to a board or pole, formerly used as a punishment for offenders, in which a person was tied and ducked into water.

ducking stool

n (Historical Terms) history a chair or stool used for the punishment of offenders by plunging them into water

duck′ing stool`

n. a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.

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ducking stool - an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in watercucking stoolinstrument of punishment - an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person