Index of words, starting with yo

(1) - Yoke (n.) Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
(2) - Yoke (n.) A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
(3) - Yoke (n.) A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke.
(4) - Yoke (n.) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
(5) - Yoke (n.) A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.
(6) - Yoke (n.) 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.
(7) - Yoke (n.) A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
(8) - Yoke (n.) A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
(9) - Yoke (n.) A band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.
(10) - Yoke (v. i.) To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.
(11) - Yoke (n.) A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service.
(12) - Yoke (n.) Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
(13) - Yoke (n.) The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
(14) - Yoke (n.) A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon.
(15) - Yoke (v. t.) To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.
(16) - Yoke (v. t.) To couple; to join with another.
(17) - Yoke (v. t.) To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
(18) - Yoke (n.) 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.

Index of English words, starting with "yo"