From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Yoke \Yoke\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Yoked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Yoking}.]
1. To put a yoke on; to join in or with a yoke; as, to yoke oxen, or pair of oxen.
2. To couple; to join with another. ''Be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers.'' --2 Cor. vi. 14.
Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb. --Shak.
3. To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.
Then were they yoked with garrisons. --Milton.
The words and promises that yoke The conqueror are quickly broke. --Hudibras.
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