ducking stool

English

Noun

ducking stool (plural ducking stools)

  1. (historical) A chair used to punish women, especially scolds, by ducking them in water.
    • 1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 379:
      Near the pond was the ducking-stool where many a village scold had her tongue temporarily stilled.
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