cuttystool

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A low stool.
2. n. A seat in old Scottish churches in which acknowledged female offenders against chastity were placed during three Sundays, and publicly rebuked by their minister.

Wiktionary

1. n. A low stool.
2. n. A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. Scot. A low stool.
2. n. A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a low stool; formerly in Scotland, a seat in a church where an offender was publicly rebuked