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单词 cucking stool
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cucking stool′  (kuking),USA pronunciation 
  1. a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was strapped, to be mocked and pelted or ducked in water.
  • Scandinavian; compare dial Swedish kukka) + stol stool
  • Middle English cucking stol, literally, defecating stool, equivalent. to cucking, present participle of cukken to defecate (1175–1225

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cucking stool /ˈkʌkɪŋ/ n
  1. a stool to which suspected witches, scolds, etc, were tied and pelted or ducked into water as a punishment
Etymology: 13th Century cucking stol, literally: defecating chair, from cukken to defecate; compare Old Norse kúkr excrement
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