cucking-stool(n.)
The Cucking-stool was a means adopted for the punishment of scolds and incorrigible women by ducking them in the water, after having secured them in a chair or stool, fixed at the end of a long pole, serving as a lever by which they were immersed in some muddy or stinking pond. [Willis's Current Notes, February 1851]
“Cucking-stool”是一种惩罚喋喋不休和难以管教的女性的手段,通过将她们固定在一把椅子或凳子上,固定在一根长杆的末端,作为杠杆,将她们浸入一些泥泞或臭水塘中。[威利斯的《时事笔记》,1851年2月]
早在13世纪,它就来自于动词名词 cuck “排泄粪便”,来自古诺尔斯语 kuka “粪便”,源自 PIE 词根 *kakka- “排泄粪便”。因为它们有时类似于旧的 close stool,这是在没有管道的日子里,一个看起来像有盒子的椅子的便携式室内厕所。老年人的词源学将第一个元素误解为 cotquean 的变形。关于第二个元素,请参见 stool。它也被称为 trebucket 和 castigatory,除了用于惩罚混乱的女性外,还用于欺诈性的商人,无论是为了公开暴露以便嘲笑,还是为了浸泡。