Meaning of joug | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The crossbar joining the shafts of an ox-drawn cart.
2. Synonym of Scottish pint.
3. Synonym of jougs (“chained iron collar for sinners”).

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Examples

“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.”

“A gallon equaled three Scottish pints or jougs.”

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