Word Meanings - HARNESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

harnois; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. harnez old iron, armor, W. 1. Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor. At least we 'll die witch harness on our back. Shak. 2. The equipment

Additional info about word: HARNESS

harnois; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. harnez old iron, armor, W. 1. Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor. At least we 'll die witch harness on our back. Shak. 2. The equipment of a draught or carriage horse, for drawing a wagon, coach, chaise, etc.; gear; tackling. 3. 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. To die in harness, to die with armor on; hence, colloquially, to die while actively engaged in work or duty.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HARNESS)

• Trapping
• Trappings
• Gear
• adornments
• decorations
• ornaments
• apparatus
• paraphernalia
• tackle
• harness
• housings

Related words: (words related to HARNESS)

• TACKLE
  The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used. Fall and tackle. See the Note under Pulley. -- Fishing tackle. See under Fishing, a. -- Ground tackle , anchors, cables, etc. -- Gun tackle, the apparatus
• TRAPPIST
  A monk belonging to a branch of the Cistercian Order, which was established by Armand de Rancé in 1660 at the monastery of La Trappe in Normandy. Extreme austerity characterizes their discipline. They were introduced permanently into the United
• TRAPPER
  A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level. Raymond. (more info) 1. One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals for their furs. W. Irving.
• PARAPHERNALIA
  Something reserved to a wife, over and above her dower, being chiefly apparel and ornaments suited to her degree. 2. Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments.
• TRAPPEAN
  Of or pertaining to trap; being of the nature of trap.
• TRAPPY
  See TRAPPOUS
• TRAPPINGS
  1. That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations. Trappings of life, for ornament, not use. Dryden. These but the trappings and the suits of woe. Shak. 2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses. Caparisons and
• TACKLED
  Made of ropes tacked together. My man shall be with thee, And bring thee cords made like a tackled stair. Shak.
• HARNESS
  harnois; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. harnez old iron, armor, W. 1. Originally, the complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; hence, in general, armor. At least we 'll die witch harness on our back. Shak. 2. The equipment
• APPARATUS
  A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus. (more info) 1. Things provided as means to some end. 2. Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or
• HARNESS CASK
  A tub lashed to a vessel's deck and containing salted provisions for daily use; -- called also harness tub. W. C. Russell.
• TRAPPURES
  Trappings for a horse. Chaucer.
• TRAPPOUS
  Of or performance to trap; resembling trap, or partaking of its form or qualities; trappy.
• HARNESSER
  One who harnesses.
• STRAPPING
  Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. There are five and thirty strapping officers gone. Farquhar.
• UNTACKLE
  To unbitch; to unharness. Tusser.
• STRAPPLE
  To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle. Chapman.
• FISH-TACKLE
  A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.
• UNHARNESS
  1. To strip of harness; to loose from harness or gear; as, to unharness horses or oxen. Cowper. 2. To disarm; to divest of armor. Holinshed.
• BUFFING APPARATUS
  See 1
• UNDERSTRAPPER
  A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling. This was going to the fountain head at once, not applying to the understrappers. Goldsmith.
• TOP-TACKLE
  A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.
• STRAPPADO
  A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated. Shak. (more info) strappado, from strappare to pull,