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2024
cangue
cangue
English
Noun
cangue
(
plural
cangues
)
A heavy wooden
collar
or
yoke
borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in China to punish petty criminals.
Translations
a heavy wooden collar or yoke
Chinese:
枷
,
木枷
,
枷鎖
Vietnamese:
gông
(vi)
Anagrams
uncage
Etymology
From
French
cangue
, from
Portuguese
canga
.
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