| 单词 | yoke tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyoke tree yoke tree n. †(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). [In sense (a) (and probably also (c)) so called because its wood was used to make yokes; compare discussion at yoke elm n.] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > [noun] > hardwood tree > particular hardwood trees or shrubs witch hazela1400 mazer?c1475 hardbeam1544 sugar-chest1545 hornbeam1577 yoke tree1585 yoke elm1597 iron tree1623 ironwood1672 horn-wood1731 horse-beech1731 horn-beech1771 hardwood1842 stonewood1863 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > yoke > part of yoke boweOE oxbowa1325 yoke-band1585 yoke thong1585 beele1616 headpiece1763 yoke-skey1817 jukskei1822 yoke strap1833 yoke tree1844 skey1850 bow-pin1856 bow-key1859 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 149 Carpinus,..a kind of tree, called in olde time the yoke tree, the wood whereof was easie to be cleft. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Carme,..also, the horne-beame, or yoake tree. 1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i. Cárpe, a Tree with a rugged black bark, by some call'd the Yoke-Tree. 1798 T. Connelly & T. Higgins New Dict. Spanish & Eng. Lang. I. 688/2 Dentejón,..The yoke-tree with which the oxen are yoked to the cart. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 322 The draught-chains, hooked to the lever, and passed under the pulleys of the yoke-trees. 1881 D. Morris Jamaica Ann. Rep. Public Gardens & Plantations 1880 32 Catalpa longisiliqua. Yoke tree. W. Indies. 1959 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 13 Aug. 1 The body..was found hanging from a yoke tree at about 2 p.m. today. 1960 H. J. Hopfen Farm Implements Arid & Trop. Regions ii. 18 Belly yoke. This is a particular type of double harness in which the yoke tree is fastened under the animals' bodies behind their front legs. < as lemmas |
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