Definition of "yokes" []

• Plural form of yoke. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yoke. (verb)

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• "For the hot summer months, the yokes should be a thin cotton material without sleeves; and, if the baby is housed in an over-heated apartment, this fact should be borne in mind and the winter skirt should be made accordingly."
• "Now there are different kinds of yokes, that is, there are many ways of rendering easier the carrying of heavy loads."
• "Estates were divided into so many yokes, that is, such portions as a yoke of oxen could plough in a single day."