[Sca-cooks] Cow harness

[Antonia Calvo]

Judith Epstein wrote:

> I thought cows and their boyfriends (oxen, bulls, same word) were on  
> yokes, and draft horses were on halters. No?


No, no, and no.

oxen != bulls

A *yoke* is a wooden beam which is used between a pair of oxen in 
harness to allow them to pull a load.  A halter is a piece of headgear 
that allows animals to be led, similar to a bridle but with no bit. 
Horses doing heavy work such as ploughing have harnesses with full collars.


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Antonia di Benedetto Calvo

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