Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a navigator's name for the common quadrant of reflection, from its resemblance in shape to the yoke sometimes placed around the neck of a pig to keep the animal from rooting.
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Examples
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Mesty agreed with Jack that this was the _ne plus ultra_ of navigation: and that old Smallsole could not do better with his "pig-yoke" and compasses.
Mr. Midshipman Easy Frederick Marryat 1820
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Mesty agreed with Jack that this was the ne plus ultra of navigation; and that old Smallsole could not do better with his "pig-yoke" and compasses.
Mr. Midshipman Easy Frederick Marryat 1820
ruzuzu commented on the word pig-yoke
"Nautical, a navigator's name for the common quadrant of reflection, from its resemblance in shape to the yoke sometimes placed around the neck of a pig to keep the animal from rooting."
- Century Dictionary
August 10, 2010