noun a bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
2. yoke ·noun the quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
3. yoke ·noun a frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
4. yoke ·vt to couple; to join with another.
5. yoke ·noun two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
6. yoke ·noun a mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service.
7. yoke ·noun fig.: that which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
8. yoke ·vt to put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.
9. yoke ·noun a frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. ·see ·illust. of bell.
10. yoke ·noun a bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
11. yoke ·noun a frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
12. yoke ·noun a band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.
13. yoke ·vi to be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.
14. yoke ·noun a frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, ·etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke.
15. yoke ·noun a portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon.
xvi. yoke ·vt to enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
xvii. yoke ·noun 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.
xviii. yoke ·noun a tie securing two timbers together, not used for part of a regular truss, but serving a temporary purpose, as to provide against unusual strain.
xix. yoke ·add. ·noun a clamp or similar piece that embraces two other parts to hold or unite them in their respective or relative positions, as a strap connecting a slide valve to the valve stem, or the soft iron block or bar permanently connecting the pole pieces of an electromagnet, as in a dynamo.