verb
- past tense of cuckold; to make a cuckold of (a man) by having an affair with his wife
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- In Shakespeare’s plays, many husbands feared being cuckolded by their wives.
- The medieval tale told of a merchant who was cuckolded by his young bride.
- Historical literature often depicted the shame of men who had been cuckolded.
- The king suspected he had been cuckolded by one of his courtiers.
- In the old story, the traveling husband returned to find he had been cuckolded.