Neck-yoke.
A bar, usually of wood, by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is supported.
The
breast-straps or
chains pass through the rings on the hames, or, in the case of carriages, the straps pass around the lower part of the collar.
Animals in ancient
Egypt were universally attached to their work by yokes.
This was the case with horses, asses, or oxen, to wagons, chariots, or
farming implements.
In a modified form, hinged plates are clasped around the neck-yoke, and the central clasp has plates perforated to receive the end of the tongue.
Leather is inclosed between the two plates.
The end straps are secured to the neckyoke by metallic straps.
The cut shows the several parts.
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Draft neck-yoke. |
Fig. 3304 shows a draft neck-yoke in which the collars are braced together and to a rod which is secured to the tongue, so that the draft is by the latter, dispensing with traces.
