Definition

1. Noun (Historical):
   • A type of foot shackle or stocks: A wooden restraint device used historically to confine a prisoner's ankles or feet, often as a form of punishment or to prevent escape. It is frequently mentioned in conjunction with the "gông" (a wooden collar or cangue).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bị kết án, ông ấy phải mang gông và tróng. (Sentenced, he had to wear the cangue and foot stocks.)
  • Tróng là một công cụ tra tấn và giam giữ phổ biến thời phong kiến. (The foot stocks were a common tool of torture and confinement in the feudal era.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "tróng" is almost exclusively used in a historical or literary context to describe ancient punishment methods. It is rarely, if ever, used in modern daily conversation except in historical references or idioms.

Variants and Related Words

• Gông (n): A wooden collar or cangue, worn around the neck. Often paired with "tróng" in the fixed phrase "gông đóng tróng mang".
• Cùm (n): Shackles; fetters. A more general modern term for leg irons, which can be synonymous with "tróng".

Synonyms

• Stocks: A wooden frame with holes for the ankles (and sometimes wrists) used to publicly restrain offenders.
• Foot shackles: A pair of metal rings connected by a chain, fastened around the ankles to restrict movement.
• Fetters: A chain or shackle for the feet.

Related Idioms

• Gông đóng tróng mang:
  • Literal meaning: To wear the cangue and carry the foot stocks.
  • Figurative meaning: To be in a state of imprisonment or severe punishment; to be burdened with guilt or consequences.
  • Kẻ phạm tội chịu cảnh gông đóng tróng mang. (The criminal endured the state of wearing the cangue and stocks.)