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Harness   /hˈɑrnəs/  /hˈɑrnɪs/   Listen
noun
Harness  n.  
1.
Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor. "At least we'll die with harness on our back."
2.
The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling.
3.
The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
To die in harness, to die with armor on; hence, colloquially, to die while actively engaged in work or duty.


verb
Harness  v. t.  (past & past part. harnessed; pres. part. harnessing)  
1.
To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array. "Harnessed in rugged steel." "A gay dagger, Harnessed well and sharp as point of spear."
2.
Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense.
3.
To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively. "Harnessed to some regular profession."
Harnessed antelope. (Zool.) See Guib.
Harnessed moth (Zool.), an American bombycid moth (Arctia phalerata of Harris), having, on the fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground.





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"Harness" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the harness, the dust puffed up from under the wheels and drowned the smell of the wilding rose, it fell thick on the petals and a little on Peter's spirit, too, as he followed Ellen back to the house, though it never occurred ...
— The Lovely Lady • Mary Austin
... whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day!" So he spake, and, speaking, sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with his harness on his back, ...
— Public Speaking • Irvah Lester Winter
... consumed her, seeing she lied to God. Thus must they vaunt; and therefore hath my rod On them first fallen, and stung them forth wild-eyed From empty chambers; the bare mountain side Is made their home, and all their hearts are flame. Yea, I have bound upon the necks of them The harness of my rites. And with them all The seed of womankind from hut and hall Of Thebes, hath this my magic goaded out. And there, with the old King's daughters, in a rout Confused, they make their dwelling-place between The roofless rocks and shadowy pine trees green. Thus shall this Thebes, how ...
— Hippolytus/The Bacchae • Euripides
... a hurry to travel in double harness. I'll wait till I am ready to leave Montana, with money enough ...
— Cast Upon the Breakers • Horatio Alger
... of Carrington also filled one room at the Manor with glittering tokens of their good-will from Toronto and Montreal, besides such useful things as tools and harness, while among the presents lay a plain letter with a black border which Grace and I read together. It was from Martin Lorimer. "I wish you both many blessings," it ran, "and knowing your foolish way of thinking, I could not send the present I wanted to; but you'll take this, with ...
— Lorimer of the Northwest • Harold Bindloss


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