harness
A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or…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.
» This harness needs to be repaired.
Meaning
7 senses(countable)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.
Geschirr, Pferdegeschirr, Gurt
у́пряжьúprjažʹ, сбру́яsbrúja, упря́жкаuprjážka
у́пряжúprjaž, збру́яzbrúja
(countable)A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function: a wiring harness.
(dated, uncountable)The complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; armour in general.
Harnisch
доспехиdospexi
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)Equipment for any kind of labour.
(countable, uncountable)A software framework.
test harness
A software framework.
(countable, uncountable)A system designed to manage the use of AI agents, specifically in software development.
harness engineering
- stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
- a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
Examples
24 sentencesThis harness needs to be repaired.
Tom quickly harnessed the horses.
deTom zügelte die Pferde schnell.
This harness needs some repairing.
The harnessing of electricity changed the world.
deDie Nutzbarmachung der Elektrizität hat die Welt verändert.
The farmer harnessed the ox for work.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English harneys, harnes, harneis, harnais, herneis, from Anglo-Norman harneisFrom Middle English harneys, harnes, harneis, harnais, herneis, from Anglo-Norman harneis and Old French hernois (“equipment used in battle”), believed to be from Old Norse *hernest, from herr (“army”) + nest (“provisions”) (from Proto-Germanic *nesaną (“to heal, recover”)). More at harry.
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Forms
plural: harnessesSynonyms
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19 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable