English Dictionary

cucking stool

名詞

歴史的

(historical) A kind of chair to which a person (such as a scold or dishonest tradesman) was fastened in order to be punished and socially humiliated, usually by being pelted and hooted at by a mob in front of their own house, but sometimes being taken to water and ducked.

日本語の意味

歴史的に使われた処罰具で、非行者や不正な商人などを対象にし、人を椅子に固定して公衆の面前で罰として打たれたり、嘲笑されたり、場合によっては浸水させられる（溺れる）ことで社会的に屈辱を与えるための道具

Neighbors gathered on the green to watch the offender strapped into the cucking stool, throwing rotten vegetables and shouting insults.

村人たちは犯人が水責め用の椅子に縛り付けられるのを見物し、腐った野菜を投げつけて罵声を浴びせた。

意味（1）

(historical) A kind of chair to which a person (such as a scold or dishonest tradesman) was fastened in order to be punished and socially humiliated, usually by being pelted and hooted at by a mob in front of their own house, but sometimes being taken to water and ducked.

[…] while in the same breath the Fleming exclaimed, “Beware the cucking-stool, Dame Scant o' Grace,” while he conducted the noble youth across the court.

cucking stools （ plural ）