单词 | in harness |
释义 | > as lemmasin harness a. The trappings or accoutrements of a horse: formerly including those used in riding, but now confined to the gear or tackle of a draught horse or other animal. ‘The traces of draught horses, particularly of carriages of pleasure or state: of other carriages we say geer’ (Johnson). double harness, harness for two draught horses working side by side; single harness, harness for a draught horse working alone; in harness, side by side, together. Often figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal harness1303 plough harnessc1390 geara1400 draught1483 van harness1823 trave harness1839 yoking1873 hitch1876 trace-harness1885 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] harness1303 geara1400 graithc1650 tackling1650 horse-gear1653 garniture1670 tackle1684 van harness1823 tack1924 society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [adverb] yferea1200 i-menec1200 in ferec1275 in commona1382 alongst with1582 along1600 in harness1873 in tow (with)1907 in tandem1930 (to be) in on the act1951 society > society and the community > social relations > co-operation > [adverb] mutually1531 shoulder to shouldera1586 in the (or a) quilla1616 in consort1634 concurrently1648 in harness1873 collectively1902 collaboratively1971 in tandem1974 the world > relative properties > relationship > accompaniment > [adverb] > together withc888 to-samec893 amongeOE togethersc1175 yferea1200 i-menec1200 togetherc1220 ymonec1300 i-samec1320 insamea1400 alongst with1582 jointly1656 concomitantly1696 collaterally1800 associatively1880 in tandem1930 in harness1967 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4599 To wynne hors and harnyse. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4281 No seg vnder heuene..araiȝed more beter..of hors & of harneys & alle oþer gere. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3664 Þe sadel..With gold was fret and pretious ston, and þe harneys was of golde. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 228/1 Harneys for hors, falere. 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 34 My beste hors with sadil and brydil, with alle the beste harneys for oon hors longyng therto. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 229/2 Harnesse for the plough horse, harnoys de cherue. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxix. xxxi. 1043 C. Calpurnius..highly praised the horsemen, and rewarded them with rich harnish and trappings. a1668 W. Davenant Wits v. 215 in Wks. (1673) Another Coach it drives from the Strand! Then have at the Harnace. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 336/1 Horses are fastned by their Harnish..to draw the Coach. 1743 Boston Weekly Post-boy 28 Nov. 4/1 (advt.) A fine open chariot, with the harnesses for two horses. 1824 ‘R. Stuart’ Descr. Hist. Steam Engine 22 It then bears itself quietly under the harness, (like good horses). 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 39 Wild horses..which had never before been in harness. 1838 Lexington Observer & Rep. 2 June We soon hitch'd traces to trot in double harness. 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain viii. 88 Those who have a friend with whom they feel they can venture to go in double harness, had better do so. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 4732 Double and single harness, pads, collars, round reins, pole pieces. 1873 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age 373 He and I are sworn brothers on that measure; we work in harness. 1901 ‘M. Gray’ Four-leaved Clover i And it's about time you went in double harness. I go better in single. To confess the solid truth, I was born an old maid. 1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island i. 20 In the main it is by living with you and working in double harness with you that I have learnt to live in a real world and not in an imaginary one. 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon vii. 152 It was her own feelings that didn't seem to be quite pulling in double harness with her intelligence. 1967 Listener 2 Feb. 177/3 Prokofiev enthusiasts will be delighted to see that Milstein has now recorded the two violin concertos in harness. in harness b. figurative. Working equipments; the conditions, routine, and obligations of regular work. in harness, in the routine of daily work; to die in harness, i.e. in the midst of work. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > routine or conditions of work harness1841 society > occupation and work > work > [adverb] > in routine of daily work in harness1841 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > in habitual or customary use [phrase] > as part of ordinary routine > in the routine of daily work in harness1841 1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond ii In early times, before we were well in harness. 1841 R. W. Emerson Man the Reformer in Dial Apr. 525 He must..take on him the harness of routine and obsequiousness. 1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice xvii. 101 Queer pair to run i' harness. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) xii. 279 After a holiday, the day on which we resume harness joins on to the day on which we dropped it. 1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) x. vii. 371 The finest intellects have never lived in harness. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xxi. 544 Like most medieval workers they all died in harness. 1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life I. 193 Palmerston..died, as he had lived, in harness, working to the last. 1889 S. Baring-Gould Pennycomequicks II. xviii. 26 If you insist on going into harness at once, in two years I shall be attending your funeral. < as lemmas |
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