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名詞

joug (plural jougs)

1. The crossbar joining the shafts of an ox-drawn cart.
2. Synonym of jougs (“chained iron collar for sinners”).
   • 1873, John Murray (publishers.), Handbook for travellers in Scotland (page 261)

     About 6 ft. from the ground is fastened "the joug," an iron collar in the wall, used to confine prisoners before it was thought worth while to build prisons or cages for them.

語源 2

Compare jug.

名詞

joug (plural jougs)

1. Synonym of Scottish pint.
   • 2022, Graham Simpson, From Croft to Craft, page 347:

     A gallon equaled three Scottish pints or jougs.