castigatory
castigatory · castigatories
An instrument formerly used to punish and correct women whose behavior was considered…An instrument formerly used to punish and correct women whose behavior was considered unseemly; the ducking stool or trebucket.
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)An instrument formerly used to punish and correct women whose behavior was considered unseemly; the ducking stool or trebucket.
Forms
plural: castigatories| Singular | castigatory |
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