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military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor. At least we 'll die witch harness on our back. Shak.

lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub. W. C. Russell.

One who harnesses.

Having glittering armor. [Poetic] Milton.

To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen. Cowper.

parcel, or money from a till. Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins from the harness. W. Black.

A band that passes under the belly of a horse and holds the saddle or harness in place; a girth.

Harness; warlike preparation. [Obs.] For that it stands not in such warlike brace. Shak.

e; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle. "To break a colt." Spenser. Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute Shak.

That part of a harness which passes round the breech of a horse, enabling him to hold back a vehicle.

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.

The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.

An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative. Their horses clothed with rich caparison. Drylen.

containing blank forms for checks upon a bank. -- Check hook, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. -- Check list, a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked. -- Check nut (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure…

ey. Suspicions regarding his loyalty were entirely done away. Thackeray. To do on our own harness, that we may not; but we must do on the armor of God. Latimer. Then Jason rose and did on him a fair Blue woolen tunic. W. Morris (Jason). Though the former legal pollution be now done off, yet there is a spiritual contagi…

A boy who operates the harness cords of a hand loom; also, a part of power loom that performs the same office.

A harness for draught horses.

rt as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion. [Slang] Gag rein (Harness), a rein for drawing the bit upward in the horse's mouth. -- Gag runner (Harness), a loop on the throat latch guiding the gag rein.

The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.

Harness.