joug

noun3

1. •
   The crossbar joining the shafts of an ox-drawn cart.
2. •
   Synonym of jougs (“chained iron collar for sinners”).

   • About 6 ft. from the ground is fastened "the joug," an iron collar in the wall, used to confine prisoners before it was thought worth while to build prisons or cages for them. — 1873
3. •
   Synonym of Scottish pint.

   • A gallon equaled three Scottish pints or jougs. — 2022