stocks (n.)a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction;
stocks (n.)a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod;
stocks (n.)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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