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Answer for the clue "Consists of a heavy wooden collar enclosing the neck and arms ", 6 letters:
cangue

Alternative clues for the word cangue

Word definitions for cangue in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminals; consists of a heavy wooden collar enclosing the neck and arms

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A heavy wooden collar or yoke borne on the shoulders and enclosing the neck and arms, formerly used in China to punish petty criminals.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A cangue or tcha is a device that was used for public humiliation and corporal punishment in China and some other parts of East Asia and Southeast Asia until the early years of the twentieth century. It was also occasionally used for or during torture. ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cangue \Cangue\ (k[a^]ng), n. [Written also cang .] [F. cangue, fr. Pg. canga yoke.] A very broad and heavy wooden collar which certain offenders in China are compelled to wear as a punishment.

Usage examples of cangue.

Alp dived for him, cracking the heavy cangue into his head and knocking the man out in an unusual fashion: by hand.

It was Chilaun the Suldu—the son of Chief Sorqan-Shira who had rescued Alp from Targ's cangue so many days ago and swore to have an accounting for the humiliation Targ had brought upon them then.