joug
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
joug (plural jougs)
- The crossbar joining the shafts of an ox-drawn cart.
- 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.
- 1873, John Murray (publishers.), Handbook for travellers in Scotland (page 261)
Etymology 2 edit
Compare jug.
Noun edit
joug (plural jougs)
- Synonym of Scottish pint
- 2022, Graham Simpson, From Croft to Craft, page 347:
- A gallon equaled three Scottish pints or jougs.
French edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
joug m (plural jougs)
Further reading edit
- “joug”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.