CUCKINGSTOOL, noun An engine for punishing scolds and refractory women; also brewers and bakers; called also a tumbrel and a trebuchet. The culprit was seated on the stool and thus immersed in water.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.