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un·har·ness

   [uhn-hahr-nis]
verb (used with object)
1.
to strip of harness; detach the harness from (a horse, mule, etc.).
2.
to divest of armor, as a knight or warhorse.
Origin:
1400–50; Middle English onharnesen. See un-2, harness
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unharness (ʌnˈhɑːnɪs)
 
—vb
1.  to remove the harness from (a horse, etc)
2.  archaic to remove the armour from

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unharness
c.1435, "divest of armor," from un- (2) + harness (v.). Cf. Du. ontharnassen "to disarm." Meaning "to free (a horse) from harness" is recorded from 1611.
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