stocks en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /stɒks/ (UK)
- /stɑks/ (US)
Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of stock
form of stock
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(plural, plural-only) A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
Opposite the almshouses is the bow-fronted post office and shop, while near by, beneath the trees on the green, is the old whipping post and stocks, the latter pierced by five holes.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 54:
- (plural, plural-only) The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.
Deriveds
Translations (28)
sv stapelbädd (base for building a ship) · de Schandpfahl (device for public humiliation and punishment) · grc κῡ́φων (device for public humiliation and punishment) · da gabestok (device for public humiliation and punishment) · de Pranger (device for public humiliation and punishment) · tl kulma (device for public humiliation and punishment) · pl zasoby (base for building a ship) · ru коло́дки (device for public humiliation and punishment) · da bedding (base for building a ship) · nl kaak (device for public humiliation and punishment) · de Stapel (base for building a ship) · la tendus (device for public humiliation and punishment) · hy կոճղ (device for public humiliation and punishment) · da stabel (base for building a ship) · la patibulum (device for public humiliation and punishment) · el σκαρί (base for building a ship) · mk тумрук (device for public humiliation and punishment) · es picota (device for public humiliation and punishment) · fi jalkapuu (device for public humiliation and punishment) · ro butuc (device for public humiliation and punishment) · fr pilori (device for public humiliation and punishment) · sv stapel (base for building a ship) · pt tronco (device for public humiliation and punishment) · ga branraí (device for public humiliation and punishment) · nl schandpaal (device for public humiliation and punishment) · es cepo (device for public humiliation and punishment) · sv stock (device for public humiliation and punishment) · pl dyby (device for public humiliation and punishment)