Definition of "neck-yoke" [neck-yoke]

• Same as yoke, 1. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He flung the neck-yoke over against the body of the dead horse, and stepped back to free himself from the dangling lines."
• "It happened that preparations were being made at Rome for a repetition of the [91] great games; the cause of repeating them was this: on the morning of the games, the show not yet being commenced, a master of a family, after flogging his slave loaded with a neck-yoke, had driven him through the middle of the circus; after this the games were commenced, as if that circumstance bore no relation to religion."
• "I pictured to myself the dreadful scene that once had passed, down there below us, where now was only the calm serenity of ancient death: the great crowd collected to witness the sacrifice, and then the sudden coming of the waters -- possibly so quickly that the victim, held down by the neck-yoke upon the sacrificial stone, was drowned ere there was time to slay him."