Definition of harness

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Harness (v. t.) To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array..

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Saddlery :: Saddlery (n.) The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue..
Bellyband :: Bellyband (n.) A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.
Harness :: Harness (v. t.) To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array..
Holdback :: Holdback (n.) The projection or loop on the thill of a vehicle. to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going down hill, or in backing; also, the strap or part of the harness so used..
Kind :: Kind (superl.) Gentle; tractable; easily governed; as, a horse kind in harness..
Whippletree :: Whippletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces, or tugs, of a harness are fastened, and by which a carriage, a plow, or other implement or vehicle, is drawn; a whiffletree; a swingletree; a singletree. See Singletree..
Harness :: Harness (v. t.) To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively..
Terret :: Terret (n.) One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass..
Haulm :: Haulm (n.) A part of a harness; a hame.
Knacker :: Knacker (n.) a harness maker.
Untackle :: Untackle (v. t.) To unbitch; to unharness.
Simblot :: Simblot (n.) The harness of a drawloom.
Unharness :: Unharness (v. t.) To disarm; to divest of armor.
Gear :: Gear (v. t.) To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
Harness :: Harness (v. t.) Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense.
Drawgear :: Drawgear (n.) A harness for draught horses.
Harnessed :: Harnessed (imp. & p. p.) of Harnes.
Ungear :: Ungear (v. t.) To strip of gear; to unharness; to throw out of gear.
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..
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