Definition of harness in English:
harness
noun ˈhɑːnəsˈhɑrnəs
1A set of straps and fittings by which a horse or other draught animal is fastened to a cart, plough, etc. and is controlled by its driver.
- The accompanying drudgery was worth it and if you have ever tried to lift a set of heavy horse harness you will have some idea of the effort required.
- Two of those main factors were the inventions of the chest harness for the horse and the three-field system of agriculture.
- Among the discoveries was the rich burial of a young man, buried with weapons, vessels of wood and bronze, and horse harness, his horse buried alongside in a separate grave.
- Here you can see intricate jewel-encrusted horse harnesses or the gold block designs on white headscarves.
- There were two sturdy draft harnesses drawing the cart, slowly as is their wont.
- Cyril intercepted them, grabbing the near horse's harness and steering them to the rings set in the outside of the barn and tying them there.
- The ancient horse harness was no more and no less efficient than the famous horse collar of the eleventh century.
- It also includes used animal trappings such as harnesses, saddles, halters, reins, rope and chain.
- He was diminutive, and how he managed to lift the heavy harness on the draught horses for ploughing was more than I could understand.
- Nash was pleased to see that Fric had padded and rigged the horse's harnesses for silence, as well as shoeing their hoofs with leather covers to muffle their trot.
- Sheera stands next to him, the horse's harness still in her grip.
- It is full of pictures of men and women in bits, harnesses and hooves pulling carts, and trainers riding or ‘showing’ their ‘ponies.’
- With driving time at a premium, modern carriages and synthetic harnesses make life a lot easier.
- Iron components of the chariot were found in a good state of preservation, including the two wheel rims and hub - hoops, the yoke fittings, harness and horse bits.
- We found several other well preserved bronze objects, many likely to be items of horse harness.
- I went about my usual morning routine, feeding Angel Wing and the pull horses, and putting on the harnesses for the carts.
- Both collars for larger animals and harnesses for smaller ones have been designed to carry Crittercam systems.
- He surrenders the leather reins, and the harnesses all festooned with bells.
- However, small items such as brooches and horse harnesses made out of recycled bronze in native styles have occasionally been found at forts.
- Incredible finds from the square barrow grave dating from the third or fourth century included richly ornamented pieces of horse harness and parts from the wheels of the chariot.
tack, tackle, equipment, trappings, straps, yokeinformal geararchaic equipage- 1.1 An arrangement of straps for fastening something such as a parachute to a person's body or for restraining a young child.
- A flight attendant helped me fasten my flight harness.
- Their eyes, all four of them, rolled and showed white as the harnesses were strapped to them, mindful of the spikes that traveled down their spines, sharp and menacing.
- Mr Howland, who always gave instructions to fasten the harnesses before they started cleaning the windows, went to check on the other three men working on different levels of the building when the tragedy happened.
- As soon as he strapped his harness around him, he felt the transition as Costanza deactivated the artificial gravity field.
- The assistant who was about a nineteen-year-old boy helped us into the harness as we strapped on our helmets.
- There was no gravity inside the small pod so the two survivors were strapped into harnesses to keep from floating around.
- I closed my car door and strapped the racing harness on.
- He was not injured except for a few scratches and black and blue marks over both shoulders caused by the harness straps when the chute opened.
- We climbed back up the cliff face then strapped into our harnesses for the abseil.
- She double-checked the harness fastening her to the basket.
- Another piece of fall-prevention equipment is a wrist harness.
- Then there is the issue that Bo's accident highlights, where he neglected to attach the chute bridle to the harness.
- Quickly and quietly they strapped themselves into the harnesses and forced the silver doors open.
- Bill moved to the other seat on the bridge and fastened the harness across his waist and chest.
- The Doctor rambled on, as he checked the leads from the computer to the harness strapped tight to Tanj's head.
- Still humming, Ethan fastened the harness around Giles's arms, like hers, so he couldn't lift his hands more than a couple inches, once he woke up.
- The second was that I refused to allow myself to be harnessed to a particular parent on a climbing wall.
- I had a long walk out hauling my glider and harness on my kayak cart, but got to the party in time.
- Gino's grip tightened and he strained against the strap of his harness.
- I love staking the gliders into the wind and hanging the harness from the hang strap to balance it out - a dynamic stability, like flying.
belt, strap
verbˈhɑːnəsˈhɑrnəs
[with object]1Put a harness on (a horse or other draught animal)
how to groom a horse and harness itthe horse was harnessed to two long shafts- Two horses were harnessed to a small cart that rattled along near the back of the single-file.
- With Theseus, she would want him to harness the horse, guide the chariot, take the sword.
- There was a hay cart with a horse harnessed to it.
- He harnessed the two horses and led them outside the front door to wait for Ashe.
- On the other side, Silent George harnessed an old mare and headed out to the edge of his farm near the river.
- Goundsman John Yates each week would harness a horse named Jenny to the club roller.
- Outside the door Osred was harnessing two horses to the waggon.
- After gathering a little food for the journey, they harnessed her pony and set off into the night.
- A photograph in the late Jess Chandler's History of Marlborough shows the horses harnessed to the fire engine in front of the town hall.
- James returned as the morning was fading into the afternoon, a second horse harnessed to his.
- Cantus paused mid-step, his eyes on the freakish beast that was harnessed to the cart.
- Monkeys were dressed as soldiers and rode atop goats harnessed to a small chariot.
- But of course the great plan, the master plan for the property is to one day lay down a track, to harness up a horse, and start jogging one up and learn to drive.
- We harnessed up horses after that and tied down the covers on wagons that no longer had anyone to steer them.
- In some cases horned animals are harnessed to simple ploughs.
hitch up, put something in harness, saddle, yoke, couple2Control and make use of (natural resources), especially to produce energy.
attempts to harness solar energyfigurative projects that harness the creativity of those living in the ghetto- The system would have produced 3.5 megawatts - the five turbines being designed to harness tidal energy and turn it into electricity.
- The rapids have since been harnessed to provide the city with hydroelectricity.
- This technology is harnessed to provide heat for buildings of all kinds.
- Wind energy and solar power could be harnessed to heat the dwellings and provide enough energy for daily needs.
- But now they're also realizing the power of this gushing water can be harnessed to produce electricity.
- A waste to energy plant where heat generated in the process will be harnessed to provide enough power for 50,000 homes.
- In this way, the energy released by the exergonic reaction can be partially harnessed to drive the endergonic one.
- An excellent example of successfully harnessing solar energy was demonstrated to the world at the Sydney Olympic Park last month.
- Once in place they will harness the wind's energy and produce enough electricity to power over 500 homes.
- All the same, these conditions have long proved impossible to sustain in physicists attempts to harness nuclear fusion for energy generation.
- Now, its silent power is to be harnessed to help provide electricity for Windsor Castle in a scheme that underlines the Royal family's green credentials.
- The center harnesses the nature's energy in a number of ways to save energy costs and the environment.
- ‘Ireland should be harnessing its natural resources and should be a net exporter of power rather than an importer,’ he said.
- He will have made a machine that can harness the energy of the ocean's tides.
- Each electrical appliance harnesses the energy of electrons in some way to create a useful side effect.
- We ought to be continuing to research and spend research dollars to make sure that we're able to properly harness nuclear energy without harming the environment.
- In January Wavegen was awarded a £2.1m grant to develop a new prototype to harness wave energy.
- Also, they speculated that uranium perhaps could be harnessed to replace coal or oil as a fuel for industrial power plants.
- It is designed to harness the energy contained in ocean waves to produce electricity.
- Today's windmills are entirely computerized, with sensors that allow them to turn into the wind to harness energy as efficiently as possible.
control, exploit, utilize, use, make use of, put to use, render useful, make productive, turn to good accountchannel, mobilize, employ, apply, capitalize on
Phrases
in harness
1(of a horse or other animal) used for driving or draught work.
colts are worked in harness alongside an experienced horse- Pegasus trots in harness, over the stony pavement, and pulls a cart or a cab behind him.
- But by early June the bulls were back in harness.
- Horses played a big part in life on the farm, and the family were either riding them or working them in harness every day.
- Even though mules could carry heavier loads, cost less to run and were more surefooted, they were increasingly used in harness to pull wagons, not as pack animals.
- It is also true that the Monarchy and ‘Establishment’ were more often at odds than not, like ill-matched horses in harness.
- I think he saw them like horses in harness some of which were trying to run in different directions.
- The solution in Hollywood historical epics is to have a boy turning the spit, or as was more common in real life, a dog in harness working a gear system.
- 1.1In the routine of daily work.a man who died in harness far beyond the normal age of retirement
- In the Premier Division Kendal Town striker David Foster was back in harness for his old club Kirkby Lonsdale and his goal brought them a point in a 1-1 draw with CCM Dynamos.
- Tipp will probably go in as the marginal favourites now that their most prolific scorer Declan Browne is back in harness.
- A series of substitutes helped Wright after the former Welsh international was laid low by a mild stroke, but he is now back in harness.
- Firstly France, with their star fly-half back in harness, won revenge for their previous defeat, thumping Scotland by a whopping 61-0.
- He hasn't resumed his GAA duties in full yet just yet, but the expectation is that he will be back in harness to chair the first meeting of 2003 of the incoming divisional board next month.
- The honour of wearing number 2 fell to John Douglas, who also got to carry the commemorative mailbag celebrating Percy's 40 years in harness.
- Now that Gordon is back in harness at the club, plans are afoot to create a section of the Bury FC website devoted to the history of the club.
- It knocked her out - but she will be back in harness tomorrow at an investiture at Buckingham palace.
- The former Gloucestershire president who has held virtually every office at Knowle, was back in harness at the South West match against the British Universities at Bath.
- They were boosted by the return from injury of Nigerian international Jay Jay Okocha, who was back in harness after a four-match lay-off with a hamstring problem.
- Back in harness after spells together at Newcastle and with England, the pair aim to inject more steel into a side that is beginning to earn the reputation of having a soft underbelly.
at work, working, employed, in an occupation, in action, active, busy - 1.2So as to achieve something together.local and central government should work in harness
- Sure, you're going to have occasional missteps as people get better acquainted and work in harness together.
- However, spinners Mark Bell and Dan Broadbent got together in harness to share nine victims.
- Within a couple of weeks he'd sealed the deal that will put the two world class playmakers in harness, delighting Wanderers' fans.
- Progress remained slow after lunch and Somerset were only 120-2 after 50 overs but the over rate perked up as Dawson and Gray operated in harness.
- Lehmann and Byas were already in harness when Yorkshire resumed the second day on 144 for three.
- She is even ready to be a partner to Bart instead of a domineering wife: ‘Today she wanted him to know that they pulled in harness together’.
- The global threat to our nations by multi-national banks and companies working in harness with the ruling class is having a destructive effect on our peoples.
- Woodgate has brought some more reassurance, but it is only when Ferdinand and Woodgate are in harness that they really look the part at the back.
- And once again it was Reape who came good, this time bowling in harness with Mark Beckett.
- With the two of them in harness - probably some time next month - they will forge part of a powerful front five, especially because England hooker Phil Greening is close to making his comeback from injury.
Derivatives
harnesser
- As harnessers of power, both have evoked great awe and admiration as human conquerors of nature.
- The radio wave power harnesser seems to have been messed up, I myself have used a kite to go out and hooked up the 200 foot red cooper wire to a crystal radio.
- The masks serve as both visual aids in the portrayal of Bali's courtly legends and as harnessers of invisible forces.
- The rapid economic growth of areas in the lower reach makes it urgent for river harnessers to ensure the safety of these areas.
- Bedaux had made his fortune as one of the greatest harnessers of mass labor since the Pharoahs.
noun
Origin
Middle English: from Old French harneis 'military equipment', from Old Norse, from herr 'army' + nest 'provisions'.
Rhymes
Kiwanis
Definition of harness in US English:
harness
nounˈhɑrnəsˈhärnəs
1A set of straps and fittings by which a horse or other draft animal is fastened to a cart, plow, etc. and is controlled by its driver.
- It is full of pictures of men and women in bits, harnesses and hooves pulling carts, and trainers riding or ‘showing’ their ‘ponies.’
- The ancient horse harness was no more and no less efficient than the famous horse collar of the eleventh century.
- It also includes used animal trappings such as harnesses, saddles, halters, reins, rope and chain.
- Among the discoveries was the rich burial of a young man, buried with weapons, vessels of wood and bronze, and horse harness, his horse buried alongside in a separate grave.
- There were two sturdy draft harnesses drawing the cart, slowly as is their wont.
- We found several other well preserved bronze objects, many likely to be items of horse harness.
- Sheera stands next to him, the horse's harness still in her grip.
- Here you can see intricate jewel-encrusted horse harnesses or the gold block designs on white headscarves.
- Cyril intercepted them, grabbing the near horse's harness and steering them to the rings set in the outside of the barn and tying them there.
- Nash was pleased to see that Fric had padded and rigged the horse's harnesses for silence, as well as shoeing their hoofs with leather covers to muffle their trot.
- With driving time at a premium, modern carriages and synthetic harnesses make life a lot easier.
- Incredible finds from the square barrow grave dating from the third or fourth century included richly ornamented pieces of horse harness and parts from the wheels of the chariot.
- Two of those main factors were the inventions of the chest harness for the horse and the three-field system of agriculture.
- I went about my usual morning routine, feeding Angel Wing and the pull horses, and putting on the harnesses for the carts.
- He surrenders the leather reins, and the harnesses all festooned with bells.
- The accompanying drudgery was worth it and if you have ever tried to lift a set of heavy horse harness you will have some idea of the effort required.
- Both collars for larger animals and harnesses for smaller ones have been designed to carry Crittercam systems.
- However, small items such as brooches and horse harnesses made out of recycled bronze in native styles have occasionally been found at forts.
- He was diminutive, and how he managed to lift the heavy harness on the draught horses for ploughing was more than I could understand.
- Iron components of the chariot were found in a good state of preservation, including the two wheel rims and hub - hoops, the yoke fittings, harness and horse bits.
tack, tackle, equipment, trappings, straps, yoke- 1.1 An arrangement of straps for fastening something to a person's body, such as a parachute, or for restraining a young child.
- I closed my car door and strapped the racing harness on.
- Still humming, Ethan fastened the harness around Giles's arms, like hers, so he couldn't lift his hands more than a couple inches, once he woke up.
- We climbed back up the cliff face then strapped into our harnesses for the abseil.
- A flight attendant helped me fasten my flight harness.
- Quickly and quietly they strapped themselves into the harnesses and forced the silver doors open.
- Then there is the issue that Bo's accident highlights, where he neglected to attach the chute bridle to the harness.
- I had a long walk out hauling my glider and harness on my kayak cart, but got to the party in time.
- As soon as he strapped his harness around him, he felt the transition as Costanza deactivated the artificial gravity field.
- The Doctor rambled on, as he checked the leads from the computer to the harness strapped tight to Tanj's head.
- The second was that I refused to allow myself to be harnessed to a particular parent on a climbing wall.
- Another piece of fall-prevention equipment is a wrist harness.
- Gino's grip tightened and he strained against the strap of his harness.
- She double-checked the harness fastening her to the basket.
- The assistant who was about a nineteen-year-old boy helped us into the harness as we strapped on our helmets.
- Their eyes, all four of them, rolled and showed white as the harnesses were strapped to them, mindful of the spikes that traveled down their spines, sharp and menacing.
- I love staking the gliders into the wind and hanging the harness from the hang strap to balance it out - a dynamic stability, like flying.
- Bill moved to the other seat on the bridge and fastened the harness across his waist and chest.
- There was no gravity inside the small pod so the two survivors were strapped into harnesses to keep from floating around.
- He was not injured except for a few scratches and black and blue marks over both shoulders caused by the harness straps when the chute opened.
- Mr Howland, who always gave instructions to fasten the harnesses before they started cleaning the windows, went to check on the other three men working on different levels of the building when the tragedy happened.
belt, strap
verbˈhɑrnəsˈhärnəs
[with object]1Put a harness on (a horse or other draft animal).
- We harnessed up horses after that and tied down the covers on wagons that no longer had anyone to steer them.
- With Theseus, she would want him to harness the horse, guide the chariot, take the sword.
- On the other side, Silent George harnessed an old mare and headed out to the edge of his farm near the river.
- Cantus paused mid-step, his eyes on the freakish beast that was harnessed to the cart.
- Goundsman John Yates each week would harness a horse named Jenny to the club roller.
- Outside the door Osred was harnessing two horses to the waggon.
- There was a hay cart with a horse harnessed to it.
- In some cases horned animals are harnessed to simple ploughs.
- But of course the great plan, the master plan for the property is to one day lay down a track, to harness up a horse, and start jogging one up and learn to drive.
- He harnessed the two horses and led them outside the front door to wait for Ashe.
- Monkeys were dressed as soldiers and rode atop goats harnessed to a small chariot.
- James returned as the morning was fading into the afternoon, a second horse harnessed to his.
- After gathering a little food for the journey, they harnessed her pony and set off into the night.
- A photograph in the late Jess Chandler's History of Marlborough shows the horses harnessed to the fire engine in front of the town hall.
- Two horses were harnessed to a small cart that rattled along near the back of the single-file.
hitch up, put something in harness, saddle, yoke, couple- 1.1harness something to Attach a draft animal to (something) by a harness.the horse was harnessed to two long shafts
- The child is trying to move forward without having harnessed the horse to the cart. The child has been provided with only the cart! What do we teach first?
- The following night at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone the sight of a toboggan gave Jones the idea of harnessing the dogs to haul their packs.
- Grandmother harnessed the horse to the sleigh and then opened the back door to the barn. We were going for a sleigh ride! Under the stars!
- The priest began the difficult task of harnessing the horse to the front of his heavily laden wagon.
- Early in the morning, Elizabeth harnessed the horses to the one person buggy.
2Control and make use of (natural resources), especially to produce energy.
attempts to harness solar energyfigurative projects that harness the creativity of those living in the ghetto- In January Wavegen was awarded a £2.1m grant to develop a new prototype to harness wave energy.
- An excellent example of successfully harnessing solar energy was demonstrated to the world at the Sydney Olympic Park last month.
- Today's windmills are entirely computerized, with sensors that allow them to turn into the wind to harness energy as efficiently as possible.
- Each electrical appliance harnesses the energy of electrons in some way to create a useful side effect.
- All the same, these conditions have long proved impossible to sustain in physicists attempts to harness nuclear fusion for energy generation.
- We ought to be continuing to research and spend research dollars to make sure that we're able to properly harness nuclear energy without harming the environment.
- He will have made a machine that can harness the energy of the ocean's tides.
- It is designed to harness the energy contained in ocean waves to produce electricity.
- A waste to energy plant where heat generated in the process will be harnessed to provide enough power for 50,000 homes.
- The rapids have since been harnessed to provide the city with hydroelectricity.
- But now they're also realizing the power of this gushing water can be harnessed to produce electricity.
- In this way, the energy released by the exergonic reaction can be partially harnessed to drive the endergonic one.
- ‘Ireland should be harnessing its natural resources and should be a net exporter of power rather than an importer,’ he said.
- Once in place they will harness the wind's energy and produce enough electricity to power over 500 homes.
- Now, its silent power is to be harnessed to help provide electricity for Windsor Castle in a scheme that underlines the Royal family's green credentials.
- The system would have produced 3.5 megawatts - the five turbines being designed to harness tidal energy and turn it into electricity.
- Wind energy and solar power could be harnessed to heat the dwellings and provide enough energy for daily needs.
- Also, they speculated that uranium perhaps could be harnessed to replace coal or oil as a fuel for industrial power plants.
- The center harnesses the nature's energy in a number of ways to save energy costs and the environment.
- This technology is harnessed to provide heat for buildings of all kinds.
control, exploit, utilize, use, make use of, put to use, render useful, make productive, turn to good account
Phrases
in harness
1(of a horse or other animal) used for driving or draft work.
- I think he saw them like horses in harness some of which were trying to run in different directions.
- Even though mules could carry heavier loads, cost less to run and were more surefooted, they were increasingly used in harness to pull wagons, not as pack animals.
- It is also true that the Monarchy and ‘Establishment’ were more often at odds than not, like ill-matched horses in harness.
- Horses played a big part in life on the farm, and the family were either riding them or working them in harness every day.
- Pegasus trots in harness, over the stony pavement, and pulls a cart or a cab behind him.
- But by early June the bulls were back in harness.
- The solution in Hollywood historical epics is to have a boy turning the spit, or as was more common in real life, a dog in harness working a gear system.
- 1.1In the routine of daily work.a man who died in harness far beyond the normal age of retirement
- Firstly France, with their star fly-half back in harness, won revenge for their previous defeat, thumping Scotland by a whopping 61-0.
- A series of substitutes helped Wright after the former Welsh international was laid low by a mild stroke, but he is now back in harness.
- He hasn't resumed his GAA duties in full yet just yet, but the expectation is that he will be back in harness to chair the first meeting of 2003 of the incoming divisional board next month.
- It knocked her out - but she will be back in harness tomorrow at an investiture at Buckingham palace.
- Back in harness after spells together at Newcastle and with England, the pair aim to inject more steel into a side that is beginning to earn the reputation of having a soft underbelly.
- Tipp will probably go in as the marginal favourites now that their most prolific scorer Declan Browne is back in harness.
- They were boosted by the return from injury of Nigerian international Jay Jay Okocha, who was back in harness after a four-match lay-off with a hamstring problem.
- The former Gloucestershire president who has held virtually every office at Knowle, was back in harness at the South West match against the British Universities at Bath.
- Now that Gordon is back in harness at the club, plans are afoot to create a section of the Bury FC website devoted to the history of the club.
- In the Premier Division Kendal Town striker David Foster was back in harness for his old club Kirkby Lonsdale and his goal brought them a point in a 1-1 draw with CCM Dynamos.
- The honour of wearing number 2 fell to John Douglas, who also got to carry the commemorative mailbag celebrating Percy's 40 years in harness.
at work, working, employed, in an occupation, in action, active, busy - 1.2Working closely with someone to achieve something.local and central government should work in harness
- Progress remained slow after lunch and Somerset were only 120-2 after 50 overs but the over rate perked up as Dawson and Gray operated in harness.
- Sure, you're going to have occasional missteps as people get better acquainted and work in harness together.
- And once again it was Reape who came good, this time bowling in harness with Mark Beckett.
- However, spinners Mark Bell and Dan Broadbent got together in harness to share nine victims.
- She is even ready to be a partner to Bart instead of a domineering wife: ‘Today she wanted him to know that they pulled in harness together’.
- Within a couple of weeks he'd sealed the deal that will put the two world class playmakers in harness, delighting Wanderers' fans.
- With the two of them in harness - probably some time next month - they will forge part of a powerful front five, especially because England hooker Phil Greening is close to making his comeback from injury.
- Lehmann and Byas were already in harness when Yorkshire resumed the second day on 144 for three.
- Woodgate has brought some more reassurance, but it is only when Ferdinand and Woodgate are in harness that they really look the part at the back.
- The global threat to our nations by multi-national banks and companies working in harness with the ruling class is having a destructive effect on our peoples.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French harneis ‘military equipment’, from Old Norse, from herr ‘army’ + nest ‘provisions’.