stocks (n.)

  1. a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction

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

  3. 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

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