Definition of ducking stool in English:

ducking stool

noun

historical

A chair fastened to the end of a pole, used formerly to plunge offenders into a pond or river as a punishment.
〈史〉浸水椅（旧时的一种刑罚，将一椅子绑在一根竿子上，把受罚者浸入池塘或河中）
Example sentencesExamples
- And in this pool of water stood the ducking stool, where women received a drenching for their ‘crimes’ in days gone by.
- The village stocks and the ducking stool provided a suitable deterrent for the twerp who insisted on invading our space and time.
- Then the apparatus of power comprised stocks, ducking stools, branding irons and the omnipresent shadow of the gallows.
- We will bring back the ducking stool for litter louts!
- The other word I've been pondering recently is cucking-stool, the original form of what later became called a ducking stool.

Definition of ducking stool in US English:

ducking stool

nounˈdəkiNG ˌsto͞ol

historical

A chair fastened to the end of a pole, used formerly to plunge offenders into a pond or river as a punishment.
〈史〉浸水椅（旧时的一种刑罚，将一椅子绑在一根竿子上，把受罚者浸入池塘或河中）
Example sentencesExamples
- The village stocks and the ducking stool provided a suitable deterrent for the twerp who insisted on invading our space and time.
- The other word I've been pondering recently is cucking-stool, the original form of what later became called a ducking stool.
- Then the apparatus of power comprised stocks, ducking stools, branding irons and the omnipresent shadow of the gallows.
- We will bring back the ducking stool for litter louts!
- And in this pool of water stood the ducking stool, where women received a drenching for their ‘crimes’ in days gone by.

单词	ducking stool
释义	Definition of ducking stool in English: ducking stool noun historical A chair fastened to the end of a pole, used formerly to plunge offenders into a pond or river as a punishment. 〈史〉浸水椅（旧时的一种刑罚，将一椅子绑在一根竿子上，把受罚者浸入池塘或河中） Example sentencesExamples And in this pool of water stood the ducking stool, where women received a drenching for their ‘crimes’ in days gone by. The village stocks and the ducking stool provided a suitable deterrent for the twerp who insisted on invading our space and time. Then the apparatus of power comprised stocks, ducking stools, branding irons and the omnipresent shadow of the gallows. We will bring back the ducking stool for litter louts! The other word I've been pondering recently is cucking-stool, the original form of what later became called a ducking stool. Definition of ducking stool in US English: ducking stool nounˈdəkiNG ˌsto͞ol historical A chair fastened to the end of a pole, used formerly to plunge offenders into a pond or river as a punishment. 〈史〉浸水椅（旧时的一种刑罚，将一椅子绑在一根竿子上，把受罚者浸入池塘或河中） Example sentencesExamples The village stocks and the ducking stool provided a suitable deterrent for the twerp who insisted on invading our space and time. The other word I've been pondering recently is cucking-stool, the original form of what later became called a ducking stool. Then the apparatus of power comprised stocks, ducking stools, branding irons and the omnipresent shadow of the gallows. We will bring back the ducking stool for litter louts! And in this pool of water stood the ducking stool, where women received a drenching for their ‘crimes’ in days gone by.
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