unharnessedadj.1
/(ˌ)ʌnˈhɑːnᵻst/, U.S. /ˌənˈhɑrnəst/ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > ornamented or trimmed > not
unharnessed1488
1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 83 A belt of crammassy hernessit with gold and braid;..a belt of gold vnharnessit.
2. Not provided with or wearing armour.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > clad in or protected by armour > not
armourlessa1398
unharnesseda1513
unpanoplied1787
unmailed1799
mailless1817
unarmoured1873
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. viiiv Kynge Rycharde,..with a fewe accompanyed & vnharnaysed shulde comme to ye frenshe Kynges Tent.
1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Expos. Abdyas 55 300 naked men unharnessed,..vanquished them all.
1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. xlii. 28/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II As in combates in England, so they being vnharnessed, did fight with their swords or weapons in the open sight of the people.
1721 A. Ramsay Poems I. 397 Ungeard, naked, not clad, unharness'd.
3.
a. Not fitted with, or put into, harness.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [adjective] > not fitted or put into harnessed
unharnessed1608
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [adjective] > harnessed together > not put into
unharnessed1791
1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 89 Chariots, vnfurnisht and vnharnest.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 476 Unharnass'd Chariots stand along the Shore.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 950 Beside the chariots stood the unharness'd steeds Cropping the lotus.
b. Not adapted for industrial use.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective] > not turned to use or taken advantage of
unimproved1781
unprofited of1813
unexploited1888
unharnessed1903
1903 R. Kipling Five Nations 57 Watching unharnessed rapids wasting fifty thousand head an hour.
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unharnessedadj.2
/(ˌ)ʌnˈhɑːnᵻst/, U.S. /ˌənˈhɑrnəst/ 1. Released from harness.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [adjective] > harnessed together > released from
unharnessed1676
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads 212 The horses, that me brought, un~harnessed Attend me at the foot of Ida hill.
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. vi. 103 The mules unharness'd range beside the main.
1855 C. Dickens Holly-tree Inn: Guest in Househ. Words Extra Christmas No. 7/1 I had the honor of leading one of the unharnessed post-horses.
2. Divested of armour.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > clad in or protected by armour > not > divested of armour
unharnessed1664
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 71 Where now arriv'd, and half unharnest To carry on the work in earnest, He stop'd.
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