cangue
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of cangue
C18: from French, from Portuguese canga yoke
Example Sentences
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Here was a poor fellow condemned to the torture of the cangue.
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As in the English pillory, the name of the man and the nature of his offence are inscribed on the cangue.
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That thing that looked like a tree box is what they call a cangue.
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In China the crime is set forth on a board hung on the neck of the criminal, called the cangue.
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Placed in the cangue at the execution ground of Shinagawa a cut was made in each side of his neck.
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