yoke+of+animals
11yoke — /joʊk / (say yohk) noun (plural yokes for defs 1 and 3 10 or yoke for def. 2, for defs 1 and 3 10) 1. a contrivance for joining a pair of draught animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow shaped pieces beneath,… …
12yoke — yoke1 [jəuk US jouk] n [: Old English; Origin: geoc] 1.) a wooden bar used for keeping two animals together, especially cattle, when they are pulling heavy loads 2.) a frame that you put across your shoulders so that you can carry two equal loads …
13yoke — I UK [jəʊk] / US [joʊk] noun Word forms yoke : singular yoke plural yokes 1) [countable] a wooden object used for connecting animals that are pulling a vehicle 2) [singular] formal a situation or an experience that limits someone s freedom the… …
14yoke — [[t]yoʊk[/t]] n. pl. yokes, yoke 1) a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, esp. oxen, usu. consisting of a crosspiece with two bow shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal Compare harness 1) 2) a pair of draft animals… …
15yoke — yoke1 [ jouk ] noun 1. ) a wooden object used for connecting animals that are pulling a vehicle 2. ) FORMAL a situation or experience that limits someone s freedom: the yoke of slavery yoke yoke 2 [ jouk ] verb transitive if people, animals, or… …
16yoke — noun 1》 a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to a plough or cart that they pull in unison. ↘(plural same or yokes) a pair of animals yoked together. ↘archaic the amount of land that one pair of… …
17yoke — 1 noun (C) 1 a wooden bar used for joining two animals, especially cattle, together in order to pull heavy loads 2 a frame fitted across someone s shoulders so that they can carry two equal loads 3 the yoke of sth literary something that… …
18Yoke (disambiguation) — A yoke is a device borne across the shoulders, e.g. for harnessing two draft animals together, or to assist in carrying heavy loads.Yoke may also refer to: *Yoke (aircraft), a control device *Yoke (Lake District), a high point in Cumbria, England …
19yoke — [OE] The etymological ideal underlying yoke is of ‘joining’ – here, of joining two animals together. The word came ultimately from Indo European *jugom, which also produced Latin jugum ‘yoke’ (source of English conjugal, jugular [16], and… …
20yoke — {{11}}yoke (n.) O.E. geoc yoke, earlier geoht pair of draft animals, from P.Gmc. *yukam (Cf. O.S. juk, O.N. ok, Dan. aag, M.Du. joc, Du. juk, O.H.G. joh, Ger. joch, Goth. juk yoke ), from PIE …
