jukskei S. Afr.
(ˈjœːkskeɪ)
Also jeuk skei, jukschei. Pl. jukskeie, jukskeis.
[Afrikaans, f. juk yoke + skei pin, skey n.2; cf. yoke-skey.]
1. A yoke-skey.
| 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. S. Afr. I. viii. 151 The yokes are straight, and pierced with two pair of mortices to receive the jukschei which fits in loosely, and answer to what in English husbandry are called the bows. 1871 Lord & Baines Shifts & Expedients Camp Life ix. 452 Near each end are two mortices..through which to pass the ‘jeuk skeis’, or yoke keys, which keep it in place on the neck of the ox. 1971 Evening Post Mag. (Port Elizabeth) 27 Feb. 2 A stinkwood yoke, with ‘jukskeis’, serves as a hatstand. |
2. A quoits-like game; the bottle-shaped ‘quoit’ used in this game.
| [1934 C. P. Swart Africanderisms (M.A. Thesis, S. Afr.), Jukskeigooi, a game, very similar to quoits, played by the Boers, a skey being used instead of the customary circular ring.] 1942 Cape Times 10 Nov. 4/2 Saturday's Jukskei results were as expected. 1947 Ibid. 21 Apr. 7 The jukskeis were brought..by Mr. Tom Naude. 1950 S. de Wet Hour of Breath ix. 69 In the late afternoon we used to play Jukskei on the river bank below our houses. 1956 Cape Times 26 Jan. 1/1 A few minutes after throwing about six practice jukskeie at the Newlands circus grounds..Mr. P. A. Meiring..dropped dead. 1971 Progress (Cape Town) May 2/4 No one has challenged us at jukskei. |