A transverse board or metal bar, a substitute for the tiller, which crosses the head of a boat's rudder, and having two lines extending from its opposite extremities to the stern-sheets of the boat, whereby she is steered.
·noun A bent crosspiece connecting two other parts. II. Yoke ·noun The quantity of land plowed in a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
1) Fitted on the neck of oxen for the purpose of binding to them the traces by which they might draw...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A well-known implement of husbandry, frequently used metaphorically for subjection, e.g. (1 Kings 12...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·adj Having two toes in front and two behind, as the trogons and woodpeckers. ...
(Phil. 4:3), one of the apostle's fellow-labourers. Some have conjectured that Epaphroditus is meant...
Among seamen, the name for a quadrant, from its resemblance to a pig-yoke. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
The name given to the old Davis quadrant. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The ropes by which the boat's steerage is managed. ...