ducking stool
noun
: a seat attached to a plank and formerly used to plunge culprits tied to it into water
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The punishment was to tie them to a ducking stool and toss them in a river.
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Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
In the Crypt below from the original Norman building is a rare example of a medieval ducking stool.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
The ducking stool from which Pipes shouted obscenities has not been forgotten.
—Katie Dancey-Downs, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022
Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
In the Crypt below from the original Norman building is a rare example of a medieval ducking stool.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
The ducking stool from which Pipes shouted obscenities has not been forgotten.
—Katie Dancey-Downs, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022
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