1. yoke - Noun
2. yoke - Verb
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 frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence.
A frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell.
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 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 band shaped to fit the shoulders or the hips, and joined to the upper full edge of the waist or the skirt.
Fig.: That which connects or binds; a chain; a link; a bond connection.
A mark of servitude; hence, servitude; slavery; bondage; service.
Two animals yoked together; a couple; a pair that work together.
The quantity of land plowed in a day by a yoke of oxen.
A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon.
To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.
To couple; to join with another.
To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
To be joined or associated; to be intimately connected; to consort closely; to mate.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed. Honoré de Balzac
Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke. Edmund Waller
The yoke a man creates for himself by wrong-doing will breed hate in the kindliest nature . . . George Eliot
Don't yoke the plough before the horses. Dutch Proverb
Children yoke parents to the past, present and future. Japanese Proverb
An ox and an ass don't yoke well to the same plough. Dutch Proverb