The part of an item of clothing which fits around the shoulders or the hips from which the rest of the garment hangs, and which is often distinguished by having a double thickness of material, or decorative flourishes.
Well-developed muscles of the neck and shoulders.
A Y-shaped stand used to support a blowpipe or punty while reheating in the glory hole.
From sense 1.3.1: something which oppresses or restrains a person; a burden.
A miscellaneous object; a gadget.
A pill of a psychoactive drug.
A collar placed on the neck of a conquered person or prisoner to restrain movement.
A pole carried on the neck and shoulders of a person, used for carrying a pair of buckets, etc., one at each end of the pole; a carrying pole.
A chap, a fellow.
A similar device used as a game controller.
Any of various devices with crosspieces used to control an aircraft; specifically, the control column.
Originally, a metal piece connecting the poles of a magnet or electromagnet; later, a part of magnetic circuit (such as in a generator or motor) not surrounded by windings (“wires wound around the cores of electrical transformers”).
The electromagnetic coil that deflects the electron beam in a cathode ray tube.
A pair of draught animals, especially oxen, yoked together to pull something.
An amount of work done with draught animals, lasting about half a day; (by extension) an amount or shift of any work.
A frame placed on the neck of an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
A fitting placed across the head of the rudder with a line attached at each end by which a boat may be steered; in modern use it is primarily found in sailing canoes and kayaks.
A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.
A frame or convex crosspiece from which a bell is hung.
Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.
Chiefly in pass under the yoke: a raised yoke (sense 1.1), or a symbolic yoke formed from two spears installed upright in the ground with another spear connecting their tops, under which a defeated army was made to march as a sign of subjugation.
A carriage, a horse and cart; (by extension, generally) a car or other vehicle.
From sense 1.1: a bond of love, especially marriage; also, a bond of friendship or partnership; an obligation or task borne by two or more people.
To join (several draught animals) together with a yoke; also, to fasten a yoke (on one or more draught animals) to pull a cart, plough, etc.; or to attach (a cart, plough, etc.) to a draught animal.
To put (one's arm or arms) around someone's neck, waist, etc.; also, to surround (someone's neck, waist, etc.) with one's arms.
To put (something) around someone's neck like a yoke; also, to surround (someone's neck) with something.
To place a collar on the neck of (a conquered person or prisoner) to restrain movement.
To place a frame on the neck of (an animal such as a cow, pig, or goose) to prevent passage through a fence or other barrier.
To bring (two or more people or things) into a close relationship (often one that is undesired); to connect, to link, to unite.
To be or become connected, linked, or united in a relationship; to have dealings with.
A string of clothes pegs or clips attached to the body and then quickly pulled off.
A pressure-sensitive plastic closure.
A leucine zipper.
A zip fastener.
A technique for arbitrarily traversing an aggregate data structure and updating its contents. See zipper (data structure).
A scar on a person's body.
to put a zipper on an article.
to close a zipper.