yoke — I. noun (plural yokes) Etymology: Middle English yok, from Old English geoc; akin to Old High German joh yoke, Latin jugum, Greek zygon, Sanskrit yuga, Latin jungere to join Date: before 12th century 1. a. a wooden bar or frame by which two draft … New Collegiate Dictionary
Horse harness — Horse in harness with horse collar A closeup of a … Wikipedia
Personal Load Carrying Equipment — (PLCE) is the current tactical webbing system of the British Army. It consists of a belt, yoke (shoulder harness) and a number of pouches. Associated with PLCE webbing is a series of other similar load carrying equipment and rucksacks (See… … Wikipedia
Webbing — 2 inch (50 mm) Nylon webbing as used in auto racing harnesses Webbing is a strong fabric woven as a flat strip or tube of varying width and fibres often used in place of rope. The name webbing comes from the meshed material frequently used in its … Wikipedia
military technology — Introduction range of weapons, equipment, structures, and vehicles used specifically for the purpose of fighting. It includes the knowledge required to construct such technology, to employ it in combat, and to repair and replenish it.… … Universalium
Diving cylinder — Diving cylinders to be filled at a diving air compressor station … Wikipedia
Diving regulator — and Octopus Other names Demand valve Uses Reduces pressurized breathing gas to ambient pressure and delivers it to the diver Inventor Manuel Théodore Guillaumet (1838), Benoît Rouquayrol (1860) … Wikipedia
Armbinder — A monoglove with a Y shaped harness configuration. Armbinder is a loose term designating a range of restraint devices primarily used in bondage play (rather than law enforcement, medicine, or psychiatry), their common function being to bind the… … Wikipedia
agriculture, origins of — Introduction the active production of useful plants or animals in ecosystems that have been created by people. Agriculture has often been conceptualized narrowly, in terms of specific combinations of activities and organisms wet rice production… … Universalium
restraint — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of holding back Nouns 1. restraint, inhibition, repression, discipline, control, check, curb, rein; limitation, restriction; prohibition; monopoly. See circumscription, limit, subjection, retention,… … English dictionary for students
saddle — Synonyms and related words: Chateaubriand, back band, backstrap, bearing rein, bed, bed down, bellyband, bench, bit, blade roast, blinders, blinds, break, breast, breeching, bridle, brisket, brush, camel saddle, caparison, cavesson, chair, charge … Moby Thesaurus