Lexical Definition

‎ζευκτηρία‎ zeuktēría (dzook-tay-ree'-ah) rope ^G:N-F
feminine of a derivative (at the second stage) from the same as ‎ζυγός‎

band.

• a fastening (tiller-rope)

Abbott-Smith

*† ζευκτήριος, -α -ον (< ζεύγνυμι),
fit for joining. As subst.,
(a) ζευκτήριον, τό = ζυγόν, a yoke;
(b) ζευκτηρία, -ας, ἡ = ζεύγλη, the crossbar of a double rudder: Ac 27:40 (found nowhere else).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

Related to: ζευκτηρία-η, ἡ,

loop attached to the yoke (ζυγόν), through which the beasts' heads were put, χαίτη ζευκτηρίαης ἐξεριποῦσα παρὰ ζυγόν [ζευκτηρίααισι δουλεύοντα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 463 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑποδύντες ὑπὸ τὴν ζ. [ζευκτηρίαᾳ πέλασσεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.227 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπάγειν τοὺς ἵππους τῇ ζ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__2 ={ζεῦγος}[Refs 3rd c.BC+] —Not found in good _Attic dialect_ Prose.
__II cross-bar of the double rudder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]