英语词汇“cucking-stool”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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.Rogues and vagabonds are often stocked and whipped; scolds are ducked upon cucking-stools in the water....

This rather expensive cucking-stool must have been in very frequent use in the good town of Kingston; for in the old account books there are numerous entries of money paid for its repairs.
The sole exception is the ‘cucking-stool’ which did not require water - this could be located anywhere but was usually placed outside the offenders house.

Origin

Middle English: from obsolete cuck 'defecate', of Scandinavian origin; so named because a stool containing a chamber pot was often used for the purpose.

单词	cucking-stool
释义	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.Rogues and vagabonds are often stocked and whipped; scolds are ducked upon cucking-stools in the water.... This rather expensive cucking-stool must have been in very frequent use in the good town of Kingston; for in the old account books there are numerous entries of money paid for its repairs. The sole exception is the ‘cucking-stool’ which did not require water - this could be located anywhere but was usually placed outside the offenders house. Origin Middle English: from obsolete cuck 'defecate', of Scandinavian origin; so named because a stool containing a chamber pot was often used for the purpose.
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