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A yoke is a wooden beam used between a pair of oxen or other animals to enable them to pull together on a load when working in pairs, as oxen usually do; some yokes are fitted to individual animals. There are several types of yoke, used in different cultures, and for different types of oxen.
A bullock cart or ox cart (sometimes called a bullock carriage when carrying people in particular) is a two-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicle pulled by oxen. It is a means of transportation used since ancient times in many parts of the world. They are still used today where modern vehicles are too expensive or less suitable for the local ...
An ox yoke with wooden bows. Its upper ends pass through a purpose-drilled hole through the bar of the yoke that is held in place into the yoke with a metal screw or key, called a bow pin. Where wood is used it is most often hardwood steamed into shape, especially elm, hickory or willow. A ring, enabling left/right movement controlled from the ...
In the agricultural societies of Romagna, a caveja was fixed at the helm of a plough or cart, [1] [3] which would be driven by two oxen side by side. [2] The caveja pinned the oxen's shared yoke to the helm, [2] preventing the yoke from dislodging in the event of a sudden stop. [1] [3] The caveja also alleviated the yoke's weight on the oxen. [8]
A yoke was a unit of land measurement used in Kent in England at the time of the Domesday Book of 1086 for tax purposes. It was equal to a quarter of a sulung . A sulung was the amount of land which could be ploughed by four ox-pairs (or approximately two hides , thus a yoke was half a hide), therefore a yoke was a pair of oxen, representing ...
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