Yoking

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or period of something being yoked.

    "[…] five hours, or five hours and a half, in short days, is considered to be as much as horses are capable of sustaining, and yokings of this duration require no refreshment on the ground."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of yoke form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"[…] five hours, or five hours and a half, in short days, is considered to be as much as horses are capable of sustaining, and yokings of this duration require no refreshment on the ground."

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