unyoke

American  

[uhn-yohk] / ʌnˈyoʊk /

verb (used with object)

unyoked, unyoking

1. to free from or as if from a yoke.

2. to part or disjoin, as by removing a yoke.

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verb (used without object)

Obsolete.

unyoked, unyoking

1. to remove a yoke.

2. to cease work.

unyoke British  

/ ʌnˈjəʊk /

verb

1. to release (an animal, etc) from a yoke

2. (tr) to set free; liberate

3. (tr) to disconnect or separate

4. archaic (intr) to cease working

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Etymology

Origin of unyoke

before 1000; Middle English unyoken, Old English ungeocian. See un- ², yoke ¹

Example Sentences

Mr. Hawermann," he said, "the men must unyoke their horses at once, for the squire wants all the workmen to be up at the manor-house at nine.

From An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. II (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) by Reuter, Fritz

And when the travail is done, then they unyoke them and bring them to the stall: and tie them to the stall, and feed them thereat.

From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert

Until that is answered, as one grave-digger says to the other in "Hamlet," I shall say: 'Ay, tell me that and unyoke.'

From Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. by Ingersoll, Robert Green

In this capacity they assist every morning in yoking the celestial horses to the glorious chariot of the sun, which they again help to unyoke when he sinks to rest.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.

"He loitered not," said Daniel, "but left me, the driver of his team, to unyoke it in the furrow; and, not many days after, to follow him to camp."

From The True Citizen, How to Become One by Markwick, W. F.