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A yoke is a device borne across the shoulders of animals or humans, for example to harness draught animals together, or to assist humans (see carrying pole ) in transporting heavy or awkward burdens.
Yoke may also refer to:
- Yoke (aeronautics), the "wheel" that controls the ailerons and elevator on aircraft
- Yoke (unit of measurement) used in the time of the Domesday Book for tax purposes in Kent
- Yoke (clothing), part of the construction of a garment
- Yoke (Lake District), a high point in Cumbria, England
- Yoke Island, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
- Yoke language, spoken by about 200 people in Papua, Indonesia
- Deflection yoke, a device to divert the electron beam in a cathode ray tube
- Scotch yoke, a mechanism converting rotary motion to reciprocating motion or vice versa
- Six pack yoke, a plastic holder for beverage cans
- "Yoke", a song by Basement from their 2011 album I Wish I Could Stay Here
- Yoke, part of a motorcycle fork
- A nickname given by hobbyist for Yokomo
- A connector used in a stage lighting instrument
- Ring yoke, the frame to which magnets are attached in a field coil
- SCUBA diving yoke, an A-clamp connector
- A nuclear test in Operation Sandstone
- A slang term for the drug MDMA, better known as "ecstasy"
- A mounting strap used to secure a wiring device to an electrical box.
- Irish, slang for any device, unusual object, or gadget: "Where's the yoke for opening boxes?"
