yoke
noun
[ jəʊk ]
• a wooden crosspiece that is fastened over the necks of two animals and attached to the plough or cart that they are to pull.
• a part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and to which the main part of the garment is attached.
• "the pinafore fell amply from a short yoke"
• a frame fitting over the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying pails or baskets.
• the crossbar of a rudder.
• a control lever in an aircraft.
yoke
verb
• put a yoke on (a pair of animals); couple or attach with or to a yoke.
• "a plough drawn by a camel and donkey yoked together"
Similar:
harness,
hitch,
hitch up,
couple,
tether,
fasten,
attach,
join,
join up,
team,
• attack, especially by strangling.
• "two crackheads yoked this girl"
Origin:
Old English geoc (noun), geocian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch juk, German Joch, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin jugum and Greek zugon, also by Latin jungere ‘to join’.
yoke
noun
• a thing whose name one cannot recall, does not know, or does not wish to specify.
• "how much did that yoke set you back?"
Origin:
early 20th century: of unknown origin.
