🪑 A simple seat 💩 Solid waste 🚽 A toilet 🚻 To pass waste 🦆 To lure birds 🌱 To grow shoots 🪵 Tree stump

to stool

9.9

To attract wild birds by using a fake bird so they come closer

verb
/stuːl/

Archaic

: reclamar

Many ducks will stool to a realistic decoy spread in the early morning hours.

Examples

The hunters watched as the geese began to stool toward their setup by the lake.
He stooled the ducks with a realistic decoy.
In the autumn, flocks often stool to hand-carved wooden decoys.
The hunter decided to stool near the lake.
During migration, birds are often drawn in to stool near effective decoys on the water.
The team set up a variety of decoys to encourage the wildfowl to stool in their preferred feeding area.
To increase their chances of catching ducks, the hunters learned how to stool them effectively with lifelike models.

Antonyms

to repel

21 4.2

Make someone or something move back and stay away, often by using force

Compounds

stool pigeon

Offensive

3 8.9

A person who secretly gives information to the police

step stool

2 2.0

A small stool with one or two steps used to reach high places

high stool

1 3.5

A tall seat without a back used at a bar or kitchen counter

piano stool

1 2.8

A small seat for someone who plays the piano that can be raised or lowered

milking stool

1 6.0

A low three-legged stool for sitting while you milk a cow by hand

ducking stool

Archaic

1 9.9

A chair on a lever used to dunk people in water as public punishment in the past

stool test

Specialized

1 3.5

A medical test that checks a small sample of poo for blood or infection

cutty stool

Archaic

9.9

A low wooden stool in old Scottish churches where someone sat to be shamed

cucking stool

Archaic

9.9

A chair that ties a person and dips them in water as a public punishment

music stool

3.2

A seat without a back that piano players sit on

stool of easement

9.9

A low seat that is comfortable and easy to move

stool pigeon

Archaic

9.9

A fake bird used to attract or trap other birds

Surface Forms

stool infinitive

stooled past

stooled past participle

stooling present participle

stools third person singular

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the hunting verb stool is to think of making birds 'sit' on a chosen spot; it probably links to old words for 'seat', so to stool a bird is to lure it to settle there.