What does yokewise mean?
Yokewise means In the manner of a yoke..
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In the manner of a yoke..
Immediately after the heralds came the samurai vanguard, each man armed with his two swords; then a fatigue party of porters, bearing the princely luggage slung from the ends of bamboo poles carried yokewise across their shoulders.
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Yokewise means In the manner of a yoke..
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Immediately after the heralds came the samurai vanguard, each man armed with his two swords; then a fatigue party of porters, bearing the princely luggage slung from the ends of bamboo poles carried yokewise across their shoulders.
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