duck·ing stool (d k  ng)n. A device formerly used in Europe and New England for punishment, consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied and ducked into water. |
ducking stool
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(Historical Terms) History a chair or stool used for the punishment of offenders by plunging them into water
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| Noun | 1. |  ducking stool - an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in waterinstrument of punishment - an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person |
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