transitive. To put a yoke on (a draught animal, or pair of draught animals) in order to draw a plough, cart, etc.; to harness (an animal) to or with…
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释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > harness or yoke (32) yokeOE transitive. To put a yoke on (a draught animal, or pair of draught animals) in order to draw a plough, cart, etc.; to harness (an animal) to or with… harness13.. To put harness on (a horse or other beast of burden or draught); now confined to draught animals, esp. carriage-horses, and the like. Also figurative… cart-saddle1377 the small saddle placed on the back of a cart- or carriage-horse to support the shafts; also †as v. transitive, to put a cart-saddle on, to yoke. join1377 To harness (horses, etc. together, or to a vehicle, or the vehicle to the horses); to yoke. couple1393 To yoke (a horse or cart). Obsolete. enharness1490 transitive. To harness (a horse). benda1522 To harness the horses to (a cart or other vehicle); to yoke. Obsolete. (Cf. German and Dutch spannen to stretch, to bend a bow, to yoke a… bind1535 transferred. To fasten together or connect in various ways, as to harness a horse or chariot (obsolete), to fasten parts of dress (poetic), to… span1550 transitive. To harness or yoke (oxen, horses, etc.); to attach to a vehicle. Also with in and out: see inspan, v. and outspan, v.1 (Cf. spang, v.3)… team1552 transitive. To harness (horses, oxen, etc.) in a team; to yoke (frequently in passive). Also: to drive (horses, oxen, etc.) in a team. spang1580 transitive. To attach or yoke (horses). inyoke1595 transitive. To yoke or unite to something. trace1605 transitive. To attach by traces, to harness in traces. enclose?1615 In various occasional uses. To harness, put in the shafts. Obsolete. rare. gear1638 To harness (a draught animal). Also with up, and absol. to get in1687 transitive. To yoke or harness (a horse). reharness1775 transitive. To harness again, esp. to put (a draught animal) back in harness. reyoke1813 transitive. To yoke (esp. a draught animal) again or a further time. Also in extended use. to hook up1825 to hook on, to hook in, to hook up, to attach by means of a hook, e.g. a horse to a vehicle, etc. inspan1834 transitive. To yoke (oxen, horses, etc.) in a team to a vehicle; to harness (a wagon). hitch1844 with up: To harness, yoke; absol. ‘To harness a horse to a vehicle, make ready for driving’ (Cent. Dict.). U.S. So hitch to (Australian). pole1846 transitive. With up. To attach (a horse) to a carriage-pole. Obsolete. stock1909 To fasten to or fit with a stock: esp. (See quot. 1909.) Subcategories:— other animal (1) — together (1) — in tandem (1) — unharness (6) |
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