cangue

/ kæŋ /

noun

(formerly in China) a large wooden collar worn by petty criminals as a punishment

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Origin of cangue¹

C18: from French, from Portuguese canga yoke

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Here was a poor fellow condemned to the torture of the cangue.

As in the English pillory, the name of the man and the nature of his offence are inscribed on the cangue.

That thing that looked like a tree box is what they call a cangue.

In China the crime is set forth on a board hung on the neck of the criminal, called the cangue.

Placed in the cangue at the execution ground of Shinagawa a cut was made in each side of his neck.

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