[a. F. toug, ad. Turk tūgh tail of a horse.] The Turkish standard, consisting of a horse’s tail fixed at the end of a short pike.
1687. A. Lovell, trans. Thevenot’s Trav., I. 81. The Toug is a Horses Tail fastened to the head of a Pike: It is neuer put out but in extreme necessity, and then all the Militia must take the Field.
1902. R. W. Chambers, Maids of Paradise, v. I could still hear … the tinkle of the silver chimes on their toug.
