I agree...and lean toward "saddle" being the more germane vernacular...

"Yokes" in my experience and their translation from other wood culture European and Asian would suggest that it is "let in" often and/or bridals something into place (as in an animal or human yoke.)

Also, as you rightly point out. "Yoking members" usually have the intersecting members running past them and not acting as a terminus member...which a "Saddle" very often is...

I look forward to your next posting here and the imagen last night was saved several times already, pushing board hits to 111K this month already...

This folk style of frame is both elegant and charming like few others and becoming more and more popular as our craft surges forward in popularity...Perhaps enough for two courses next year?

Regards,

j