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yoke
Frame around the neck, and related senses.
A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at the heads or necks enabling them to pull a plough, cart etc. [from 8th c.]
(now US) A frame or convex crosspiece from which a bell is hung. [from 10th c.]
Any of various linking or supporting objects that resemble a yoke; a crosspiece, a curved bar etc. [from 12th c.]
A frame worn on the neck of an animal, such as a cow, pig, or goose, to prevent passage through a fence. [from 16th c.]
A pole carried on the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the pole. [from 17th c.]
(nautical) A fitting placed across the head of the rudder with a line attached at each end by which a boat may be steered. In modern use it is primarily found in sailingcanoes and kayaks. [from 18th c.]
The part of an item of clothing which fits around the shoulders, or the hips, from which the rest of the garment hangs, and which is often distinguished by having a double thickness of material, or decorative flourishes. [from 19th c.]
(aviation) Any of various devices with crosspieces used to control an aircraft; now specifically, the control column. [from 20th c.]
“The carts used here are strong and clumsy, and drawn by oxen fastened to them by a heavy wooden yoke.”
“For in companions that do converse and waste the time together, whose souls do bear an equal yoke of love, there must be needs a like proportion of lineaments, of manners, and of spirits.”
“The Belgic provinces persisted in declaring themselves forever released from the yoke of the House of Austria.”
yokelet
(US, archaic) A small farm, requiring only one yoke of oxen to till it.
“The carts used here are strong and clumsy, and drawn by oxen fastened to them by a heavy wooden yoke.”
“For in companions that do converse and waste the time together, whose souls do bear an equal yoke of love, there must be needs a like proportion of lineaments, of manners, and of spirits.”
“The Belgic provinces persisted in declaring themselves forever released from the yoke of the House of Austria.”
