harness
IPA: hˈɑrnʌs
noun
- (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.
verb
- (transitive) To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.
- (transitive) To capture, control or put to use.
- (transitive) To equip with armour.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
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