Definition of yoke

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Yoke (n.) A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.

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Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A crosspiece upon the head of a boat's rudder. To its ends lines are attached which lead forward so that the boat can be steered from amidships.
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence..
Yoke :: Yoke (v. t.) To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
Outspan :: Outspan (v. t. & i.) To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon..
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
Oxbow :: Oxbow (n.) A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river..
Yoke :: Yoke (v. t.) To couple; to join with another.
Underyoke :: Underyoke (v. t.) To subject to the yoke; to make subject.
Hitch :: Hitch (v. t.) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.
Yoke :: Yoke (v. t.) To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen..
Unyoked :: Unyoked (a.) Licentious; unrestrained.
Adjugate :: Adjugate (v. t.) To yoke to.
Yoked :: Yoked (imp. & p. p.) of Yok.
Haul :: Haul (v. t.) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked..
Yokel :: Yokel (n.) A country bumpkin.
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt..
Pair :: Pair (n.) Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen..
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
Poke :: Poke (n.) A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward..
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
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