0 present participle of cuckold
1 If a man is cuckolded, his wife has a sexual relationship with another man.
Related to the fable was the more bawdy fabliau, which covered topics such as cuckolding and corrupt clergy.
If the man is present during the cuckolding, he may or may not be allowed to pleasure himself while watching.
However, the number of persistent rakes continued to grow, together with an upsurge in cuckolding action, and, between 1672 and 1687, not all persistent rakes are punished satirically.