Cuckold
21cuckold — 1 noun old fashioned an insulting name for a man whose wife has deceived him by having sex with another man 2 verb (T) old fashioned if a wife or her lover cuckold her husband, they deceive him by having sex with each other …
22cuckold — cuck•old [[t]ˈkʌk əld[/t]] n. 1) the husband of an unfaithful wife 2) to make a cuckold of (a husband) • Etymology: 1200–50; ME cukeweld, later cok(k)ewold, cukwold < AF *cucuald …
23cuckold — /ˈkʌkəld / (say kukuhld) noun 1. the husband of an unfaithful wife. –verb (t) 2. to make a cuckold of (a husband). {Middle English cokewold from Old French cucuault cuckoo, a man who has illicit sex with a married woman} …
24cuckold — A husband whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress. To make a cuckold of a man is to seduce his wife. Hall v Huffman, 159 Ky 72, 73, 166 SW 770 …
25cuckold — [13] Cuckold is a derivative of cuckoo, the cuckoo’s invasion of other birds’ nests perhaps being viewed as analogous to the stealing of a wife’s affections by another man. It is not an original English coinage, but was borrowed from an… …
26cuckold — n. & v. n. the husband of an adulteress. v.tr. make a cuckold of. Derivatives: cuckoldry n. Etymology: ME cukeweld, cokewold, f. OF cucu cuckoo …
27Cuckold's knot — Cuck old s knot (k?k ?ldz n?t ). (Naut.) A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; called also {cuckold s neck}. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster] …
28cuckold's neck — Cuckold s knot Cuck old s knot (k?k ?ldz n?t ). (Naut.) A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; called also {cuckold s neck}. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster] …
29Cuckold's Point — Painting: A Morning, with a View of Cuckold s Point Cuckold s Point is the name given to part of a sharp bend on the River Thames on the Rotherhithe peninsula, south east London, opposite the West India Docks. The name came from a post surmounted …
30cuckold's knot — Naut. a hitch, as for holding a spar, consisting of a single loop with the overlapping parts of the rope seized together. Also called cuckold s neck, ring seizing, throat seizing. [1840 50; so called because the noose so made is insecure] * * * …
