harness

IPA: hˈɑrnʌs

(countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
(countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function.
(dated, uncountable) The complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; armour in general.
The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
Equipment for any kind of labour.

Examples of "harness" in Sentences

The plan was to harness the waters.
In the fifth, they harness the nuclear energy.
The harness had slipped and she had to readjust it.
Always wearing the harness is my best form of safety.
It is the support piece attached to the harness girth.
On the front of the harness is a projecting metal plate.
Once in the harness the fleas usually stay in it for life.
The harness is fall arrest hardware, limiting a fall to 2 meters.
Oil is metered into the tank, forcing the harness into the jacket.
The full body harness attaches to the tree the same way the belt harness does.
Yet, therein may lie the problem - how exactly does a label harness such fresh talent?
They went into what they called the harness-room, and James began carefully to clean his gun.
The biggest danger beside not wearing your harness is getting so cold you can't function properly.
We did use a leash for Papoosie Girl which we called her harness, which I am sure makes it a lot better.
He told me that an antigravity harness is nothing compared to banking and wheeling in a silent sky on a huge pair of wings.