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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.
verb (used with object)
6.
to put a harness on (a horse, donkey, dog, etc.); attach by a harness, as to a vehicle.
7.
to bring under conditions for effective use; gain control over for a particular end: to harness water power; to harness the energy of the sun.
8.
Archaic. to array in armor or equipments of war.
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Harnessed
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
9.
in double harness. double harness (def. 2).
10.
in harness,
a.
engaged in one's usual routine of work: After his illness he longed to get back in harness.
b.
together as cooperating partners or equals: Joe and I worked in harness on our last job.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English harneis, herneis < Old French herneis baggage, equipment < Old Norse *hernest provisions for an armed force, equivalent to herr army (compare harbor, herald) + nest provisions for a journey
1250–1300; Middle English harneis, herneis < Old French herneis baggage, equipment < Old Norse *hernest provisions for an armed force, equivalent to herr army (compare harbor, herald) + nest provisions for a journey
Related forms
har·ness·er, noun
har·ness·less, adjective
har·ness·like, adjective
re·har·ness, verb (used with object)
well-har·nessed, adjective
Synonyms
7. control, manage, utilize, exploit.
7. control, manage, utilize, exploit.
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Word Origin & History
harness
c.1300, from O.Fr. harneis, perhaps from O.N. *hernest "provisions for an army," from herr "army" + nest "provisions." Ger. Harnisch "harness, armor" is the O.Fr. word, borrowed into M.H.G. The verb meaning "to put a harness on a draught animal" is from c.1300; figurative sense is from 1698.
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