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A quick definition of trebucket:

A trebucket, also known as a castigatory, ducking stool, or cucking stool, was a device used in the past to punish scolds, bakers, and brewers. The person would be repeatedly plunged underwater or into stinking water as a form of correction. It was also called a scolding stool in the Saxon language. Today, it is no longer used as a form of punishment.

A more thorough explanation:

A trebucket, also known as a castigatory, is a historical device used for punishing scolds by repeatedly plunging them underwater. It was used by the ancient Saxons and is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The device was also used to punish bakers and brewers by ducking them into "stinking water".

According to William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, a common scold, if convicted, shall be sentenced to be placed in a trebucket, castigatory, or cucking stool, which in the Saxon language signifies the scolding stool. The residue of the judgment is that when she is so placed therein, she shall be plunged in the water for her punishment.

The use of the trebucket was a common form of punishment for scolds and other offenders in medieval times. The punishment was meant to humiliate and shame the offender in front of the community.

These examples illustrate how the trebucket was used as a form of punishment for scolds and other offenders in medieval times. The device was used to publicly shame and humiliate the offender, and the punishment was often carried out in front of a crowd.

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