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Joch — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • acre noun A unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards (about 4,047 square metres), historically the amount of land a team of oxen could plough in a day.
  • col noun A low dip or saddle-shaped pass in a mountain ridge between two peaks.
  • yoke noun A wooden bar or frame joining two draught animals, such as oxen, at the neck so they can pull a plough or cart together.

Senses

Joch is used for these senses in English:

  • acre Any of various similar units of area in other systems.
  • col (geography) A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.
  • yoke A bar or frame by which two oxen or other draught animals are joined at their necks enabling them to pull a cart, plough, etc.; (by extension) a device attached to a single draught animal for the same purpose.
  • yoke Something which oppresses or restrains a person; a burden.

col — full definition

  1. noun A low dip or saddle-shaped pass in a mountain ridge between two peaks.
  2. noun In meteorology, a region of relatively calm pressure between two high-pressure and two low-pressure areas.

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