DUCKING STOOL

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water

Synonyms:

cucking stool; ducking stool

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ducking stool" is a kind of...):

instrument of punishment (an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person)

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