Definitions for Harness

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Harness har·ness

Spelling: [hahr-nis]

IPA: /ˈhɑr nɪs/

Harness is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 166 anagrams from letters in Harness (aehnrss).

Definitions for Harness

noun

1. the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
2. (on a loom) the frame containing heddles through which the warp is drawn and which, in combination with another such frame or other frames, forms the shed and determines the woven pattern.
3. the equipment, as straps, bolts, or gears, by which a large bell is mounted and rung.
4. Electricity. wiring harness.
5. armor for persons or horses.

Idioms

1. in double harness. double harness (def 2).
2. in harness, engaged in one's usual routine of work: together as cooperating partners or equals:

verb (used with object)

1. to put a harness on (a horse, donkey, dog, etc.); attach by a harness, as to a vehicle.
2. to bring under conditions for effective use; gain control over for a particular end:
3. Archaic. to array in armor or equipments of war.

Origin of Harness

1250-1300; Middle English harneis, herneis Old French herneis baggage, equipment Old Norse *hernest provisions for an armed force, equivalent to herr army (cf. harbor

Examples for Harness

In 1870, the very Germanically-named August Ruengling fixed a harness for a circus rider and obtained free passes for his family.

Whether or not guayusa is a product of selective breeding, the Kichwa have learned to harness its power.

When they arrived at the stable Mike headed straight for the harness room.

Lucky the cayuse who happens to be the right size for his harness.

In 1899, with a three hundred dollar investment, they opened a small saddlery and harness shop.

The bully is not always, or, in fact, often the leader in harness.

Put our dead and wounded in the carts, and we can harness two of these chargers to them.

London may as well also require that cabbies master the art of saddling a horse and mending a harness.

"My harness is yours by the law of arms," said the Spaniard, gloomily.

The protests so far have relied on a small group of core organizing bodies to harness broad but diffuse support.