| 单词 | yoke-stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyoke-stick yoke-stick n. (a) a wooden bar or collar forming part of a yoke (see sense 1a); (b) a stick attached to an animal's neck to prevent it from breaking through or leaping over a hedge, fence, etc. (cf. sense 4); (c) a bar fitted over the shoulder or shoulders used for carrying pails, etc. (= sense 5).In quots. eOE and OE translating obicula, a diminutive of classical Latin ōbex bolt, bar, barrier (see obex n.).The meaning in quot. 1483 is uncertain; Middle Eng. Dict. suggests ‘?a stick for driving yoked animals’. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > yoke for carrying yoke-stickeOE yokea1630 neck yoke1688 bangy1789 shoulder sling1813 shoulder-yoke1862 sap yoke1878 sap neckyoke1905 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > restraining frame yoke-stick1483 yoke1512 poker1805 poke1809 yoke-skey1817 cradle1831 eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 84/2 Obicula, geocstecca. OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 46 Iugales, ioctema. Antena, boga. Obicula, iocsticca. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 427/1 A ȝoke styke, fisticulus. 1614 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle Prol. Ovr long time rumor'd Hogge..is at length got loose, Leauing his seruile yoake-sticke to the goose. 1683 G. Meriton York-shire Dialogue in Pure Nat. Dial. 4 Yoaks and Bowes and Pad and Yoaksticks. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 201 Yoke-stick, the wooden shoulder-bar for carrying the milk pails by suspension... ‘As crooked as a yoke-stick,’ deformed. Also the wooden horseshoe-shaped collar with which oxen are yoked. 2013 Irish Times (Nexis) 28 Oct. 19 A yoke-stick is a wooden horseshoe-shaped collar for yoking animals. < as lemmas |
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