Ducking-Stool
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied and plunged into water. The ducking-stool is mentioned in the Domesday Book; it was extensively in use throughout Great Britain from the fifteenth till the beginning of the eighteenth century. Cent. Diet. The last recorded instance in England was in 1809. See Castigatory; Punishment.