All 6 Uses of
yoke
in
The Swiss Family Robinson
- Then we yoked Storm and Grumble to the serpent, and dragged it to a convenient distance from Rockburg, where the process of skinning, stuffing, and sewing up again afforded occupation of the deepest interest to the boys for several days.†
Chpt 11 *
- Our beasts were quickly unyoked, the tent arranged, a large fire lit, supper prepared, and we dispersed in various directions, some to cut bamboos, and some to collect sugar-cane.†
Chpt 7unyoked = unburdenedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unyoked means not and reverses the meaning of yoked. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Books occupied me so much that but little carpentering was done, yet I made a yoke for the oxen, a pair of cotton-wool carders, and a spinning-wheel for my wife.†
Chpt 10
- It had been my intention to bring a piece of land under cultivation before the next rainy season, to be sown with different sorts of grain; but many unforeseen circumstances had intervened to hinder this, and our animals, unaccustomed to the yoke, were not available for the plough.†
Chpt 11
- Success encouraging me to persevere, I next began harness-making; the spoils of the chase having furnished us with plenty of leather, with which I covered light frames of wood, using the hairy moss or lichen for stuffing, and ere long the animals were equipped with saddles, stirrups, bridles, yokes and collars, to the very great satisfaction of their youthful riders and drivers.†
Chpt 11
- Meanwhile Fritz, having unyoked the oxen and secured them to trees, hurried to his brother's assistance.†
Chpt 15 *unyoked = unburdenedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unyoked means not and reverses the meaning of yoked. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(1)
(yoke as in: the yoke of bondage) an oppressive burden or something that limits freedom
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(2)
(yoke as in: oxen yoke) a wooden frame used to join beasts of burden so they pull together, or a connected pair, or the connecting of a pair
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
See a comprehensive dictionary for less common senses of the word including:- a clothing item from which fabric is hung
- a control apparatus for an airplane or ship