Harness

What do we mean by harness?

The gear or tackle, other than a yoke, with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or implement. noun

Something resembling such gear or tackle, as the arrangement of straps used to hold a parachute to the body. noun

A device that raises and lowers the warp threads on a loom. noun

Armor for a man or horse. noun

To put a harness on (a draft animal). transitive verb

To fasten by the use of a harness. transitive verb

To bring under control and direct the force of. transitive verb

(in harness) On duty or at work. idiom

Nautical, an obsolete term for the furniture of a ship. noun

To dress in armor; equip with armor for war, as a man or horse.

To fit out; equip; dress.

To equip or furnish for defense.

To put harness or working-tackle on, as a horse.

To fit up or put together with metal mountings.

To fasten to a boat by the toggle-iron and tow-line, as a whale.

The defensive armor and weapons of a soldier, especially of a knight; in general, and especially in modern poetical use, a suit of armor. noun

Clothing; dress; garments. noun

The working-gear or tackle of a horse, mule, ass, goat, dog, or other animal (except the ox) used for draft; the straps, collar, bridle, lines, traces, etc., put upon a draft-animal to enable it to work and to guide its actions. See cut in next column. noun

Hence Figuratively, working-tackle of any kind; an equipment for any kind of labor; also, that which fits or makes ready for labor: as, his duties keep him constantly in the harness. noun

A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps.

A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function.

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.

Words that are spelled similarly to harness:
harness, hardness, harkness, farness, harless, hartness.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word harness:
trotting, dildo, straps, webbing, trot, racetrack, racing, strap, buoyancy, raceway, thoroughbred, greyhound, saddle, betting, waist, horse, horses, knot, blacksmith, rope, collar, diver, pony, maker, parachute, pulling, helmet, cart, downs, attachment, trainer, racer, boots, breeds, shoe, shop, leather, pull, shoulder, cylinder, breed, driver, chest, belt, worn, energy, races, attached, expertise, stakes, fame, pace, driving, track, power, load, solar, riding, technologies, legs, electricity, powers, derby, plate, stable, weight, potential.

Words that rhyme with harness:
farness, carnous, parness.

Adjectives that are often used to describe harness:
double, able, new, heavy, single, old, four, full, special, main, electrical, complete, light, black, eight, point, best, fine, two, golden, red, simple, military, broken, bright, fitting, plated, proper, official, better, elaborate, body, tight, loose, five, rich, splendid, front, made, regular, dog, shoulder, efficient, strap, close, three, necessary, suitable, rude, mule, jacquard, thick, makeshift, plain, unable, rawhide, figure, tangled, polished, fully, style, warlike, rear, pelvic, brown, spare, blue, remote, complicated, hand, elastic, extra, clean, shiny.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective harness:
makers, maker, room, racing, making, horses, loom, ornaments, leather, fig, cavitation, textiles, cleaning, cask, backs, preparations, essay, bells, bulls.

Consonant match to harness:
hereness.

Words that sound like harness:
harness, hereness, hardness, harkness, harshness, harnessed, carnous, horus, hornets, horace, harnish, hoarseness, hornless, horna, harnisch, hoariness, highness, harmless, heinous, hotness, haris, haras, harney, hairiness, cornus, hairnets, harns, hair mousse, harnack, dourness, hornist, hornish, thereness, sureness, nearness, poorness, bareness, farness, dearness, sheerness, horny, horns, harris, horney, hanus, whorehouse, cornice, hanis, harnage, hornes, hyannis, horas, harriss, hargis, horno, whore house, hennis, harnett, harless, holness, hormuz, hartis, hortus, hornung, harry hess, wanness, hearts, hans, harms, hairless, harmon, harts, hamas, harn, harman, harras, hearths, harnesses, hardiness, harnessing, harks, hannahs, harmen, heartiness, harra, hartz, heroess, harner, harned, hen house, hennas, cormous, dormice, haleness, harnois, hamis, hamus, harrah's, hartes, hermas.