ox-yokes

Updated: July 31, 2026

They were then flattened with the knife; and, by means of a little sweating in the ashes, were bent so as to bear some resemblance in shape to the wooden ox-yokes commonly used in America, or indeed to the letter U. The ribs when thus bent were not all of the same width.

Mayne Reid - The Young Voyageurs: Boy Hunters in the North