Definitions for "YOKE"
A bar or frame of wood by which two oxen are joined at the heads or necks for working together.
A frame or piece resembling a yoke, as in use or shape.
A frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders for carrying pails, etc., suspended on each side; as, a milkmaid's yoke.
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.
A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts.
a control device controlling steering
An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, _jugum_, we owe one of the most illuminating words in our language -- a word that defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy. A thousand apologies for withholding it.
Yoke is a fell in the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It has a height of 706 m (2,316 ft) and is situated in the far eastern sector of the national park, 7 kilometres north east of the town of Ambleside. Yoke is the southern extremity of the long ridge that runs southwards from the fell of High Street.
fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
A fitting used on center-pull caliper and cantilever brakes which use a transverse cable. The yoke is the part that connects the main cable to the transverse cable. This is frequently misspelled as "yolk", which is part of an egg.
an oppresssive power; "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination"
Keywords:  strain, truss, withstand, unusual, tie
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.
a piece of material that is double-layered to withstand the strain of motion
a control used in most airplanes , similar to a joystick or steeringwheel
Keywords:  copper, pipe, inlet, meter, brass
a metal pipe frame attached to the inlet and outlet sides of the meter providing support, and conveying water to the meter
Usually a brass casting that holds both the hot and cold valves and the mixing chamber for the water. May also refer to an assembly of copper or other metal which serves the same function.
The location where a home's water meter is sometimes installed between two copper pipes, and located in the water meter pit in the yard
A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service.
Keywords:  lug, canoe, hooks, easy, onto
a device that hooks onto a canoe to make it easy to lug it around
Keywords:  evasion, block, protection
protection, block, evasion
To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
Keywords:  afternoon, morning, kind, two, portions
A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon.
two items of the same kind
Keywords:  fig, chain, binds, bond, link
Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
Keywords:  hung, double, window, top
Top of a double-hung window
Keywords:  load, carrying, means
a means of carrying a load