Yoke

yok, n. That which connects or binds; bond connection; the frame of wood by which are fastened together for drawing"; a frame on the neck like an ox-yoke, or shaped like frame of wood fitted to a person's shoulders rying a pail, etc., suspended on each side; worn on the neck (of a cow, pig, goose, etc.), vent pa age through a fence; a frame or piece by which a bell is hung for rinsing it. A frame at right angles to the head of a boat's der, from the end of which are lines by which Z, ze, in Eng. zed. The 26th and last letter Eng. alphabet, and the last letter in the alphabets most modern languages: it is a sibilant consonant, and is merely a sonant or vocal s.