yoke plural
yoke
The plural form of yoke is yokes
Y yDefinitions
- noun plural yoke a device for joining together a pair of draft animals, especially oxen, usually consisting of a crosspiece with two bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of an animal. Compare harness (def 1). 1
- noun plural yoke a pair of draft animals fastened together by a yoke: five yoke of oxen. 1
- noun plural yoke something resembling a yoke or a bow of a yoke in form or use. 1
- noun plural yoke a frame fitting the neck and shoulders of a person, for carrying a pair of buckets or the like, one at each end. 1
- noun plural yoke an agency of oppression, subjection, servitude, etc. 1
- noun plural yoke an emblem or symbol of subjection, servitude, slavery, etc., as an archway under which prisoners of war were compelled to pass by the ancient Romans and others. 1
- noun plural yoke something that couples or binds together; a bond or tie. 1
- noun plural yoke Machinery. a viselike piece gripping two parts firmly together. 1
- noun plural yoke Also called fork. a forklike termination for a rod or shaft, inside which another part is secured. 1
- noun plural yoke a fitting for the neck of a draft animal for suspending the tongue of a cart, carriage, etc., from a harness. 1
- noun plural yoke a crosshead attached to the upper piston of an opposed-piston engine with rods to transmit power to the crankshaft. 1
- noun plural yoke (in an airplane) a double handle, somewhat like a steering wheel in form, by which the elevators are controlled. 1
- noun plural yoke Nautical. a crossbar on the head of the rudder of a small boat, having lines or chains attached to the ends so as to permit the steering of the boat from forward. 1
- noun plural yoke spreader beam. 1
- noun plural yoke a shaped piece in a garment, fitted about or below the neck and shoulders or about the hips, from which the rest of the garment hangs. 1
- noun plural yoke a horizontal piece forming the top of a window frame. 1
- noun plural yoke a Y -shaped piece connecting branch pipes with a main soil pipe. 1
- noun plural yoke Television. an electromagnetic assembly placed around the neck of a cathode-ray tube to produce and control the scanning motion of electron beams inside the tube. 1
- noun plural yoke British Dialect. the time during which a plowman and team work without stopping; a period of plowing. a measure or area of land equal to over 50 but less than 60 acres. 1
- noun plural yoke a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter Y. 1