Meaning

1. capital, capital city (city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority for a nation)
2. capital, capital city (main city of a region)
3. capital (most important area in the field specified)
4. (obsolete) throne (seat for a leader)
5. (obsolete) bench (long seat with or without a back)
6. (obsolete) scaffold (platform for executions)
7. (obsolete) kneading board, pastry board
8. (obsolete) back part of the box of a manual chaff cutter
9. (obsolete) carpenter's tool for holding a whittled object