Castigatory

[kæstigәtәri]

Definition

(a.) Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.

(n.) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. (Law.) Trebuchet, tumbrel, ducking-stool, cucking-stool.

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