Meaning of pining stool | Babel Free
Examples
“To punyschen on pillories · and pynynge stoles / Brewesteres and bakesteres · bocheres and cokes.”
“The cucking stool or pining stool (known from the eighteenth century as the ducking stool) was used to duck scolds and disorderly women into ponds and rivers […].”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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