meaning of yoke
1. A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
2. A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
3. A frame of wood fitted to a persons shoulders for carrying pails, etc. , suspended on each side; as, a milkmaids yoke.
4. A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
5. A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.
6. A crosspiece upon the head of a boats rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships.
7. A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
8. A tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain.
9. A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.
10. Fig. : That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
11. A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service.
12. Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
13. The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
14. A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon.
15. To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.
16. To couple; to join with another.
17. To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
18. To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.
19. stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team
Related Words
yoke | yoke-toed | yokeage | yoked | yokefellow | yokel | yokel-like | yokelet | yokelish | yokemate |
