stocks

See stock, 12.

A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.

Plural form of stock.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stock.

a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod

a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction

a former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked