Definition of "yoke"
- noun
A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
A pair (of animals, especially oxen).
A frame made to fit the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the frame.
A burden; something which represses or restrains a person.
The part of a shirt that stretches over the shoulders, usually made out of a doubled piece of fabric. Or, a pair of fabric panels on trousers (especially jeans) or a skirt, across the back of the garment below the waistband.
Well-developed muscles of the neck and shoulders.
The column-mounted control wheel of an aircraft.
The electro-magnetic coil that deflects the electron beam in a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube).
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 sailing canoes and kayaks.
An alternative name for a cowpoke.
An undefined object, a gadget.
Common misspelling of yolk.
- verb
To link or to join.
To unite, to connect.
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