Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Pig-yoke
subs. phr. (nautical).—A quadrant.
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1836. MARRYAT, Mr. Midshipman Easy, xiv. 81. Mesty agreed with Jack that this was the ne plus ultra of navigation; and old Smallsole could not do better with his ‘PIG-YOKE’ and compasses.
