stocks
a punishment device in the form of a wooden block, primarily intended to restrain feet (ankles)
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stocks
Summary
stocks ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (426 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- stocks is a type of torture instrument[2].
- stocks is a type of architectural structure[3].
- stocks's Commons category is recorded as Stocks (restraints)[4].
- stocks's said to be the same as is recorded as Q884660[5].
- stocks's said to be the same as is recorded as pillory[6].
- stocks's said to be the same as is recorded as whipping post[7].
- stocks's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Stocks (restraints)[8].
- stocks's Commons gallery is recorded as Stocks[9].
- stocks's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[10].
- stocks's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
- stocks's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
- stocks's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
- stocks's different from is recorded as Cepo[14].
- stocks's different from is recorded as Stock[15].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include torture instrument[2] and architectural structure[3].
Why It Matters
stocks ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (426 views/month).[1] stocks has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] stocks is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]