harness
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function: a wiring harness.
- 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.
- A software framework.
- A system designed to manage the use of AI agents, specifically in software development.
verb
- To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.
- To capture, control or put to use.
- To equip with armour.
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Etymology
From 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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