·- ·noun & ·adj, from Duck, ·vt & i.
II. Ducking ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Duck.
A penalty which veteran sailors inflict on those who, for the first time, pass the tropics, the equa...
The Sailor's Word-Book
a stool placed over a river in which scolding women are seated and ducked. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Suspending a person by a rope a few yards above the surface of the water. ...
A marine punishment unknown, except by name, in the British navy; but formerly inflicted by the Fren...