Also known as: 天秤棒
Carrying pole, shoulder pole, milkmaid's yoke (...), is a yoke, used by people to carry a load. It might be used in one of two basic ways:
- A single person balances the yoke over one shoulder, with an evenly distributed load being suspended from each end.
- Two people support the yoke by resting it on a shoulder, with the load suspended from the centre of the yoke.