Definition of harness

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Harness (v. t.) Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense.

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Peytrel :: Peytrel (n.) The breastplate of a horse's armor or harness. [Spelt also peitrel.] See Poitrel.
Unharness :: Unharness (v. t.) To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen..
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..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To fasten or confine with a buckle or buckles; as, to buckle a harness..
Harness :: Harness (v. t.) To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively..
Harness Cask :: Harness cask () A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub.
Team :: Team (n.) Two or more horses, oxen, or other beasts harnessed to the same vehicle for drawing, as to a coach, wagon, sled, or the like..
Tandem :: Tandem (adv. & a.) One after another; -- said especially of horses harnessed and driven one before another, instead of abreast..
Saddlery :: Saddlery (n.) The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.
But :: But (v. t.) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks..
Harnessed :: Harnessed (imp. & p. p.) of Harnes.
Inspan :: Inspan (v. t. & i.) To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle..
Heddling :: Heddling (vb. n.) The act of drawing the warp threads through the heddle-eyes of a weaver's harness; the harness itself.
Harnesser :: Harnesser (n.) One who harnesses.
Bellyband :: Bellyband (n.) A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.
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 (n.) 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..
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon..
Plate :: Plate (v. t.) To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness..
Harnessing :: Harnessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harnes.
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