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comprehensive term for the gear of a draft animal, excluding the yoke, by which it is attached to the load that it pulls. Although harnesses are used on dogs (for drawing travois and dogsleds), on goats, and sometimes on oxen, the typical harness is for horses. There are two main kinds—the collar harness and the breast harness. In the collar harness a padded leather collar fits over the horse's shoulders; to it are fastened the hames, linked metal parts with two curved projections to which are attached the traces, leather straps that pass down the sides of the horse and by which the load is drawn. In the breast harness the traces are attached to a breastband that crosses the shoulders below the neck. The horse is controlled by reins or lines attached to the bit, a metal mouthpiece held in place by the bridle, i.e., the various straps and buckles that make up the headgear of the horse, including the blinders. A long, narrow saddle pad is held in place on the horse's back by a bellyband (or girth), a backband, and a crupper, a loop under the tail. The reins pass through rings on the hames and on the saddle pad; looped straps on the pad hold the shafts of a vehicle. The breeching, a strap that passes around the hindquarters below the tail and is held in place by hip straps, bears the stress when the horse is backed up or is going downhill. There are many individual parts of the various harnesses, each of them having a specific name; the different kinds of bits alone are innumerable. Harness making is an ancient craft, dating from the domestication of the horse; the saddle was a later invention.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - seletøj, rustning
v. tr. - lægge seletøj på, spænde for, binde til, udnytte

idioms:

• in harness    på posten, i gang med sit arbejde

Nederlands (Dutch)
harnas, paardentuig, gareel, klimgordel, in-/ optuigen, be-/inspannen, harnassen, benutten, in reserve houden

Français (French)
n. - collier, harnais, (fig) en équipe
v. tr. - harnacher, atteler, exploiter

idioms:

• in harness    (mourir) à la tâche, (reprendre) le collier, (travailler) en équipe

Deutsch (German)
v. - anschirren, nutzen
n. - Geschirr, Laufgurt

idioms:

• in harness    bei der alltäglichen Arbeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ζεύω, χαμουρώνω, βάζω ιπποσκευή, (μτφ.) τιθασεύω, χαλιναγωγώ
n. - ιπποσκευή, χάμουρα, σαγή, χαλινάρια, χαμούρωμα

idioms:

• in harness    στο ζυγό, στην ειλωτεία

Italiano (Italian)
aggiogare, imbrigliare, finimenti, bardatura, briglie

idioms:

• in harness    sulla breccia

Português (Portuguese)
v. - arrear, amarrar, utilizar
n. - arreio (m)

idioms:

• in harness    em equipe

Русский (Russian)
упряжь, доспехи, инвентарь, запрягать, обуздывать, покорять

idioms:

• in harness    занятый повседневной работой

Español (Spanish)
n. - collera, arneses, arreos, guarniciones
v. tr. - enjaezar, uncir

idioms:

• in harness    en la rutina habitual del trabajo, trabajar juntos, cooperar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sela (på), tämja, utnyttja
n. - sele (äv. bildl.), rustning (hist.), polisuniform, skinnknutteklädsel

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
马具, 甲胄, 系在身上的绳子, 上马具, 利用产生动力, 披上甲胄

idioms:

• in harness    在工作中

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 馬具, 甲胄, 繫在身上的繩子
v. tr. - 上馬具, 利用產生動力, 披上甲胄

idioms:

• in harness    在工作中

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 마구, 갑옷, 장치, 낙하산의 멜빵
v. tr. - ~에 마구를 달다, 동력화 하다, 갑옷을 입히다

idioms:

• in harness    평소의 업무에 종사하여, 협조하여

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 馬具, よろい, 装置, ハーネス, 引き具
v. - 引き具を付ける, …によろいをつける, 動力化する, 利用する

idioms:

• in harness    馬具を付けて, 仕事に従事して, いっしょに協力して

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطقم الفرس, يشد عليها عدتها, يشد إلى نير, يربط ما بين, يستخدم, يسخر (الاسم) طقم الفرس, , عدة جهاز, روتين العمل, عدة الحرب للفرس, أو الانسان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רתמה, כלי-רתמה‬
v. tr. - ‮רתם, ניצל (נהר להפקת כוח)‬

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