yoke
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6.8
- noun
- /joʊk/
:
yunta
- Already the homesteaders were descending on South Florida, creaking through the woods in covered wagons hauled through the hot sand by two or three yokes of mules or oxen.
- a yoke of oxen
Examples
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Their horses stood contentedly for hours on the cobblestones, chewing hay under their round wooden yokes, waiting until their master or mistress was finished selling off the day's produce.
Fiction book (1992) -
When Mr. Ching finishes plowing, he removes Strong Mountain's yoke and turns the buffalo over to his daughter.
Fiction book (2002) -
And so long as they're in the same yoke and doing the thing, all will be well.
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Ed, stay here and keep a yoke on these oxen.
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Even an ox needs time out of the yoke.
Blog text (27) -
Grandma Malvina walks from the well with a yoke on her shoulders, water splashing out of the buckets.
Fiction book (2000) -
This 224-acre farm, created in 1836, consisted of several dwellings, a yoke of oxen, and tools.
Academic text (2018) -
The farmer placed a strong yoke on the oxen so they could plow the field together.
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As the sun set, the team of oxen, bound by their yoke, continued to move steadily up the hill.
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With a heavy yoke across their necks, the oxen worked tirelessly to pull the cart to market.
Synonyms
135
3.8
Two or more animals harnessed together to pull a vehicle
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yoke also came to mean the pair of animals joined by that wooden bar, because the bar made them pull and work as one team. So a yoke can mean the two animals that are joined together for work.