yoke

Senses relating to a frame around the neck.

Thy seruant in walking thy pastures aboute: / for yokes, forkes and rakes, let him loke to finde oute. / And after at leyser let this be his hier: / to trimme them and make them at home by the fier.

The Oxe hath therefore ſtretcht his yoake in vaine, / The Ploughman loſt his ſweat, and the greene corne / Hath rotted, ere his youth attainde a bearde: […]

Senses relating to a frame around the neck.

Steam Engines. […] The valve rods are coupled by connecting-rods […] and yokes[…], to eccentrics[…].

Senses relating to a frame around the neck.

And whenever to rest she her buckets set down, / She jingled her yokes to and fro, / And her yokes she might jingle till morn—a rude clown, / Ere he it seem'd offered to go.

The speaker, who had been carrying a pair of pails on a yoke, deposited them upon the edge of the pavement in front of the inn, and straightened his back to an excruciating perpendicular.

Senses relating to a frame around the neck.

Senses relating to a frame around the neck.

To join (several draught animals) together with a yoke; also, to fasten a yoke (on one or more draught animals) to pull a cart, plough, etc.; or to attach (a cart, plough, etc.) to a draught animal.

Bubulcus, […] An oxeheard, or coweheard: a driuer of oxen and kine: he that yoketh oxen, and […] goeth to plowe with them.

But when Astrea’s Ballance, hung on high, / Betwixt the Nights and Days divides the Sky, / Then Yoke your Oxen, ſow your Winter Grain; / ’Till cold December comes with driving Rain.

To put (one's arm or arms) around someone's neck, waist, etc.; also, to surround (someone's neck, waist, etc.) with one's arms.

To put (something) around someone's neck like a yoke; also, to surround (someone's neck) with something.

To place a collar on the neck of (a conquered person or prisoner) to restrain movement.

To place a frame on the neck of (an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose) to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.

Misspelling of yolk.