Definition of harness

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Harness (n.) Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor..

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Kind :: Kind (superl.) Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness..
Tandem :: Tandem (n.) A team of horses harnessed one before the other.
Singletree :: Singletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon..
Harness :: Harness (v. t.) Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense.
Knacker :: Knacker (n.) a harness maker.
Harness :: Harness (n.) The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling..
Hame :: Hame (n.) One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them..
Drawgear :: Drawgear (n.) A harness for draught horses.
Inclose :: Inclose (v. t.) To put into harness; to harness.
Harness Cask :: Harness cask () A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub.
Tackling :: Tackling (n.) The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness..
Untackle :: Untackle (v. t.) To unbitch; to unharness.
Harnesser :: Harnesser (n.) One who harnesses.
Gear :: Gear (v. t.) To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
Guib :: Guib (n.) A West African antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), curiously marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, and hence called harnessed antelope; -- called also guiba..
Peytrel :: Peytrel (n.) The breastplate of a horse's armor or harness. [Spelt also peitrel.] See Poitrel.
Martingal :: Martingal (n.) The act of doubling, at each stake, that which has been lost on the preceding stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness..
Saddlery :: Saddlery (n.) The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.
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