cucking-stool
61kakka- — Also kaka . To defecate. Root imitative of glottal closure during defecation. 1. cucking stool, from Middle English cukken, to defecate, from a source akin to Old Norse *kūka, to defecate. 2. poppycock, from Latin cacāre, to defecate. 3. caco ; …
62tumbril — noun /ˈtʌmbrɪl/ a) A kind of medieval torture device, later associated with a cucking stool. b) A cart which opens at the back to release its load …
63tumbrel — noun /ˈtʌmbrəl/ a) a kind of mediaeval torture device, later associated with a cucking stool , 1997: This is a sixteenth century work done by a Flemish master, Pieter Bruegel, and it is called The Triumph of Death (…). He studies the tumbrel… …
64branks — (n.) 1590s, of unknown origin, perhaps from North Sea Germanic. An instrument of punishment for women, originally Scottish, it was a kind of iron cage for the head with a metal bit attached to still the tongue. Paide for caring a woman throughe… …
65tumbril — [ tʌmbr(ə)l, brɪl] (also tumbrel) noun historical an open cart that tilted backwards to empty out its load, in particular one used to convey prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution. Origin ME (orig. denoting a type of cucking… …
66objurgatrix — /objargeytraks/ In old English law, scolds or unquiet women were referred to as objurgatrices and were punished with the cucking stool (q.v.) …
67castigatory — A contrivance for punishing common scolds. See cucking stool …
68goging stole — Same as cucking stool …
69castigatory — I. gəˌtōrē adjective Etymology: Latin castigatorius, from castigatus + orius ory : of or concerned with castigation : punitive II. noun ( es) obsolete …
70Public humiliation — was often used by local communities to punish minor and petty criminals before the age of large, modern prisons (imprisonment was long unusual as a punishment, rather a method of coercion). Contents 1 Shameful exposure 2 Painful humiliation 2.1… …
