0 a wooden frame placed over the necks of oxen to hold them together when they are pulling a cart etc. -- giogo
1 a frame placed across a person’s shoulders, for carrying buckets etc. -- bicollo, bilanciere
2 something that weighs people down, or prevents them being free -- giogo
They suffered under the yoke of slavery.
3 the part of a garment that fits over the shoulders and round the neck -- sprone
4 to join with a yoke -- (mettere il giogo a)
He yoked the oxen to the plough.
