Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - yoke
Yoke
yoke
n. & v. --n. 1 a wooden crosspiece fastened over the necks of two oxen etc. and attached to the plough or wagon to be drawn. 2 (pl. same or yokes) a pair (of oxen etc.). 3 an object like a yoke in form or function, e.g. a wooden shoulder-piece for carrying a pair of pails, the top section of a dress or skirt etc. from which the rest hangs. 4 sway, dominion, or servitude, esp. when oppressive. 5 a bond or union, esp. that of marriage. 6 Rom.Hist. an uplifted yoke, or an arch of three spears symbolizing it, under which a defeated army was made to march. 7 archaic the amount of land that one yoke of oxen could plough in a day. 8 a crossbar on which a bell swings. 9 the crossbar of a rudder to whose ends ropes are fastened. 10 a bar of soft iron between the poles of an electromagnet. --v. 1 tr. put a yoke on. 2 tr. couple or unite (a pair). 3 tr. (foll. by to) link (one thing) to (another). 4 intr. match or work together. Etymology: OE geoc f. Gmc
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I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle English yok, from Old English geoc; akin to Old High German joh ~, Latin jugum, Greek zygon, Sanskrit yuga, Latin jungere to join Date: before 12th century 1. a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together, an arched device formerly laid on the neck of a defeated person, a frame fitted to a person's shoulders to carry a load in two equal portions, a bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harness, e. a crosspiece on the head of a boat's rudder, an airplane control operating the elevators and ailerons, a frame from which a bell is hung, a clamp or similar piece that embraces two parts to hold or unite them in position, two animals ~d or worked together, 3. a. an oppressive agency, servitude, bondage, tie, link, a fitted or shaped piece at the top of a skirt or at the shoulder of various garments, II. verb (~d; yoking) Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to put a ~ on, to join in or with a ~, to attach a draft animal to, to join as if by a ~, to put to work, intransitive verb to become joined or linked ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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