a bow-shaped piece of wood or metal forming a collar for a yoked draught animal, with the upper ends fastened to the yoke; cf. bow, n.1 5a oxbow, n.…
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释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > yoke > part of (13) yoke boweOE a bow-shaped piece of wood or metal forming a collar for a yoked draught animal, with the upper ends fastened to the yoke; cf. bow, n.1 5a oxbow, n.… oxbowa1325 A bow-shaped piece of wood forming a collar for a yoked ox, with the upper ends fastened to the yoke. Now chiefly historical. yoke-band1585 yoke thong1585 beele1616 ? The crossbar of the yoke. headpiece1763 The top part of a yoke used for joining cattle. Obsolete. yoke-skey1817 Either of a pair of wooden bars passing through an ox-yoke at either side of an animal's neck, to which the neck straps are fixed; = skey, n.2… jukskei1822 A yoke-skey. yoke strap1833 yoke tree1844 †(a) = yoke elm n. (obsolete); (b) a part of a yoke (sense 1a), esp. the body or main crosspiece; (c) Caribbean a mastwood tree (Catalpa longissima). skey1850 One of a pair of wooden bars passing through each end of an ox-yoke, to which the neckstraps are fixed. bow-pin1856 a key or cotter to fasten the bow of an ox-yoke. bow-key1859 = bow-pin n. |
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