Definition of "jougs" []

• A chained iron collar once used in churches to expose sinners to public scorn (noun)

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• ""On the look of the man I would give him the jougs," said he."
• "'Up wi' him! 'cried Madge wi' the Fiery Face, who had just been loosed from the 'jougs,' wherein she had been confined for 'kenspeckle incontinence.'"
• "It stands on the lower "corbie" step of a pigeon-house, with the strange accompaniment of a pair of "jougs," an iron collar for securing a prisoner."