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yoked definition and meaning

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

Crossword clues for yoked

- Attach a draught animal to
- Bodice of dress
- bucket carrying frame
- In Tokyo Ken has oxen harness
- Oxen coupling
- Token of subjection
- Coupled
- Coupled as oxen
- Harnessed (oxen)
- Harnessed together
- Linked together


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