See Also: yoking(dictionary)

yoking (iou)



yoking noun. LME.
[from YOKE verb + -ING1.]
The action of YOKE verb; an instance of this; esp. the coupling or attaching of animals by a yoke. LME.
b. Harness. Scot. & US. L19.
A spell of work at the plough etc., done by a team of horses at a stretch, between being yoked and unyoked. E16.
G. S. Keith A pair of horses can plough an English acre in three journies, or yokings, of four hours each.
b. transf. An unbroken spell of any activity. E18.
A. J. Cupples 'A double yoking'..a service when two successive sermons were preached without any mid-day interval.
A measure of land, prob. representing the amount ploughed at one yoking. obsolete exc. Hist. L16.
Mining. In pl. Pieces of wood joined together within a pit to prevent falls of earth or used in conjunction with stowces to mark out a claim. M17.