harness
English
/ˈhɑː(ɹ).nəs/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps.
- (countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function.
- (dated) 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English harneys (equipment, gear) derived from harneis derived from Old French hernois (equipment, equipment used in battle, equipment for a horse) derived from Old Norse *hernest, heer (army).
Origin
Old Norse
heer
Gloss
army
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- harnessable English
- harnesser English
- harnessest English
- harnesseth English
- harnesslike English
- harnessmaker English
- maker English
- unharness English
- unharnessable English
- haarniska Finnish
- haarniskamonni Finnish
- haarniskoida Finnish
- käsivarsihaarniska Finnish
- lamellaarihaarniska Finnish
- levyhaarniska Finnish
- rengashaarniska Finnish
- suomuhaarniska Finnish
- taisteluhaarniska Finnish
- arnese Italian
- harnais French
- arnés Spanish, Castilian
- harneys Middle English
- harneysen Middle English
- pykeharneys Middle English
- *hernest Old Norse
- heer Old Norse
- herr Old Norse
- hernois Old French
- arnès Catalan, Valencian
- harnesizar Ido
- harneso Ido
- hèrnais Norman
- harnas Middle French
- harnisk Old Swedish
- arnes Old Occitan
- harneis xno