Oxen can be grouped under several collective nouns, the most common being herd, drove, team, and yoke. A herd simply refers to oxen kept together, while a drove describes oxen being driven or herded along. A team is a set of oxen harnessed together to haul a load, and a yoke is the pair of oxen harnessed side by side to pull a load or plow a field. Beyond those, you may also come across span, meinie, and nye. A span names a pair of oxen, a meinie is simply a group of them, and a nye refers to oxen that are being driven or herded.
What Is a Group of Oxen Called? – Oxen Collective Nouns.
