押おう丁ていMeanings1nounassistant to a prison warden; jailerhistorical termHistorical term for a low-ranking prison official in pre-modern Japan.江え戸ど時じ代だいの押おう丁ていは、牢ろう屋や敷しきで囚しゅう人じんの監かん督とくをしていた。During the Edo period, the 押丁 supervised prisoners in the jail compound.