jougs

/ dʒʊɡz /

plural noun

1. history an iron ring, fastened by a chain to a wall, post, or tree, in which an offender was held by the neck: common in Scotland from the 16th to 18th century

Word History and Origins

Origin of jougs¹

C16: probably from French joug yoke

Example Sentences

Jougs, joogz, n. an iron neck-ring that constituted the old Scottish pillory.

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Public penance was also resorted to, often in addition to some other form of punishment; the penance usually involving the use of the “repentance-stool,” or the jaggs, or jougs.

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Qu’ils viennent voir au fond de l’étable un pauvre animal maigre, exténué, battant de sa queue inquiète ses flancs décharnés, soufflant avec effroi et dédain sur la nourriture qu’on lui présente, les yeux toujours tournés vers la porte, en grattant du pied la place vide à ses côtés, flairant les jougs et les chaînes que son compagnon a portés, et l’appelant sans cesse avec de déplorables mugissements.

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Gin ye offer tae strike me, I’ll hae the haill squad o’ ye afore the Provost o’ Portobelly, and, ma certie, there’ll be a wheen heels sune coolin’ in the jougs!”

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Aberdeen, jougs at, 180Abusing a mistress, 179Admiralty of the Humber, Court of the, 3-5Adultery, 232-241Alban, burnt to death, 98Aldbury stocks, 200Alfreton, 143Alive, gibbeted, 58, 76-77Altrincham, 284American punishments, 206-207, 274-275Anglo-Saxon punishments, 41, 186Applegirth, jougs at, 183Aram, Eugene, 53-55Argyle, Earl of, 132Ascham, R., 177Ashby-de-la-Zouch, finger pillory at, 171-172Ashton-under-Lyne, 174Athens, books burnt at, 159Attempted murder, last execution for, 38Attwood, Wm.,

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