: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.
:a pair of draft animals fastened together by a yoke: five yoke of oxen.
:something resembling a yoke or a bow of a yoke in form or use.
:a frame fitting the neck and shoulders of a person, for carrying a pair of buckets or the like, one at each end.
:an agency of oppression, subjection, servitude, etc.
: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.
:something that couples or binds together; a bond or tie.
:Machinery. a viselike piece gripping two parts firmly together.
:Also called fork . a forklike termination for a rod or shaft, inside which another part is secured.
:a fitting for the neck of a draft animal for suspending the tongue of a cart, carriage, etc., from a harness.
:a crosshead attached to the upper piston of an opposed-piston engine with rods to transmit power to the crankshaft.
: a double handle, somewhat like a steering wheel in form, by which the elevators are controlled.
: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.
:spreader beam.
: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.
:a horizontal piece forming the top of a window frame.
:a Y-shaped piece connecting branch pipes with a main soil pipe.
: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.
: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.
:a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter Y.
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yoked, yok·ing.
:to put a yoke on; join or couple by means of a yoke.