Unyoke (Verb)
Meaning
Remove the yoke from; "unyoke the cow".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- At the end of the long day, the farmer ensured the oxen were unyoked and had enough food and water.
- In the fields, unyoking the tired bullocks from the plow after a backbreaking day's work was usually her responsibility.
- Workers carefully unyoke the carthorses so they could take their well-deserved break.
- It took them nearly an hour to unyoke the stubborn animals, who had grown weary of all the disarray.
- At dusk, rural villagers gathered to help unyoke and calm down the distressed oxen that had been involved in an accident.