harness

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.