So called because it was often used for making yokes for cattle . yoke elm (plural yoke elms) (archaic) A European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), a small...
elm (Ulmus laevis) Texas cedar elm (Ulmus crassifolia) Wheatley elm white elm (Ulmus americana) winged elm (Ulmus alata) wych elm (Ulmus glabra) yoke...
foreign yoke. milkmaid's yoke Mongol Yoke neck yoke pass under the yoke pig yoke under the yoke yoke-devil yoke elm yoke-footed yoke lute yoke-pin yoke-toed...
1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]: I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. 1721, John Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry: then keep an even steady...
steering wheel of an automobile, can also be called the "stick", although "yoke" or "control wheel" is more commonly seen.) (aviation, uncountable) Use of...