cucking stool

Etymology
From about 1215. Origin uncertain. The variant is a later (from 1597) corruption.

Noun

 * 1)  A kind of chair to which a person (such as a scold or dishonest tradesman) was fastened in order to be punished and socially humiliated, usually by being pelted and hooted at by a mob in front of their own house, but sometimes being taken to water and ducked.