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Cangue
UK
/kæŋɡ/
US
/kæŋɡ/
Translation of "cangue" into Russian
Definitions
cangue
Noun
UK
/kæŋɡ/
US
/kæŋɡ/
A heavy wooden collar or yoke that was used in some Asian countries as a form of punishment, which was placed around a person's neck and shoulders.
The prisoner was forced to wear a cangue as a public display of his crime.
The punishment or period of confinement imposed by using such a wooden collar.
His three-day cangue was meant to serve as a warning to others.
cangue
Verb
UK
/kæŋɡ/
US
/kæŋɡ/
To punish or restrain (a person) by fastening a cangue around the neck.
The magistrate ordered the thief to be cangued in the public square.