joug

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English

Etymology 1

Related to yoke; see jougs.

Noun

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.

Etymology 2

Compare jug.

Noun

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.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French joug, from Old French jug, jou, jof, from Latin jugum, iugum, from Proto-Italic *jugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Pronunciation

Noun

joug m (plural jougs)

  1. yoke
  2. balance beam

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