harness
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.
Other meanings
A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function: a wiring harness.
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.
A kind of
- support
Related words
- die in harness
- disharness
- harness bend
- harness bull
- cable harness
- harness cask
- harnessed antelope
- harnessed moth
- harness hang syndrome
- harnesslike
- harness loop
- harnessmaker
Word history
From Old French "hernois" (equipment used in battle).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “harness” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.