Jongs vs Jougs - What's the difference?
jongs | jougs |
A chained iron collar once used in churches to expose sinners to public scorn
* {{quote-book, year=1898
, author=William Baird
, title=Annals of Duddingston and Portobello
, page=193-194
, passage=Fornication and adultery were crimes punishable in case of confession in various ways [...] standing in the jougs' at the door of the kirk barefoot and in sackcloth [...]
Blasphemy, swearing, drunkenness, " flyting and scolding," slander, " the abuse of husbands by their wives," and other suchlike offences were punishable with exposure to public scorn in the " '''jougs'''," [...] The " '''jougs " (from ''jugum , a yoke) consisted of an iron collar in two halves fastened by a clasp, and suspended by a chain about six feet from the ground, which was generally hung on the wall at the entrance gate of the Church.}} ----
As nouns the difference between jongs and jougs
is that jongs is plural of jong while jougs is a chained iron collar once used in churches to expose sinners to public scorn.jougs
English
Noun
(en-plural noun)Blasphemy, swearing, drunkenness, " flyting and scolding," slander, " the abuse of husbands by their wives," and other suchlike offences were punishable with exposure to public scorn in the " '''jougs'''," [...] The " '''jougs " (from ''jugum , a yoke) consisted of an iron collar in two halves fastened by a clasp, and suspended by a chain about six feet from the ground, which was generally hung on the wall at the entrance gate of the Church.}} ----