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cangue

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cangue  (kng)
n.
A heavy wooden yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in China for punishing petty criminals.
[French, from Portuguese canga.]
cangue, cang [kæŋ]
n
(Historical Terms) (formerly in China) a large wooden collar worn by petty criminals as a punishment
[from French, from Portuguese canga yoke]
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Noun1.cangue - an instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminalscangue - an instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminals; consists of a heavy wooden collar enclosing the neck and arms
instrument of punishment - an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person
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In subsequent years, the cangue (mobile stocks), torture, banishment, and corporal punishment of all kinds were outlawed and the last was replaced by fines.
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