yoke
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A yoke is a wooden frame placed across the necks or shoulders of animals like oxen to harness them together for pulling heavy loads such as carts or plows. It matters because it allows farmers and workers to control and coordinate multiple animals to accomplish tasks that would be impossible for a single animal to do alone.
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- Etymology
- Neck or bow yoke
- Head yoke
- Withers yoke
- Comparison
- Single yoke
- Symbolism
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
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A yoke is a wooden beam used between a pair of oxen or other animals to enable them to pull together on a load when working in pairs, as oxen usually do; some yokes are fitted to individual animals. There are several types of yoke, used in different cultures, and for different types of oxen. A pair of oxen may be called a yoke of oxen, and yoke is also a verb, as in "to yoke a pair of oxen". Other animals that may be yoked include horses, mules, donkeys, and water buffalo.