HARNESS


Meaning of HARNESS in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

safety

They clip it into a safety harness , attaching it to Doug.

shoulder

Unlike most modern packs, the Big Top has an adjustable hip belt instead of an adjustable shoulder harness .

Tiltwheel steering, adjustable front-seat shoulder harnesses and dual front air bags are standard.

Use of the top tensioners also helps to spread the load over the whole of the shoulder harness .

Chest straps can also aid stability, and help keep the shoulder harness in the right place.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

safety harness/helmet/glasses etc

At the first change over it's off with the shoes and on with the safety helmet.

Full transparent face shields or visors may be specified as an alternative and are sometimes an integral part of a safety helmet.

Protective gloves and a safety helmet are worn to minimize injury.

Steven put his safety helmet further back on his head.

The safety helmet was another of his discoveries, his good ideas.

They clip it into a safety harness, attaching it to Doug.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

An essential piece of rock-climbing equipment is a climbing harness .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Playpens or other harnesses, for instance, may be used frequently to keep their chil-dren safe.

So with borrowed gear, no harness and a stranger I set off.

Taking one hand off the wheel, Nathan reached out and hooked his fingers through the front of her harness .

The karabiner must be correctly attached to the harness .

The sound of a horse in harness , of its hoof idly striking a stone!

To wait in heavy harness On fluttered folk and wild Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half devil and half child.

II. verb

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■ NOUN

energy

It could be that Grätzel's attempts to harness cheap solar energy may finally have hit the jackpot.

Can we understand and harness the immense energy of the Sun?

We harness fossil energy and breathe life into machines.

power

The most obvious was that the River Bollin could be harnessed to power the spinning machinery.

The challenge now is harnessing the power of diversity.

And so they had to harness my own power - mine!

The accumulation of capital, and hence the ownership of capital, was central in harnessing the productive power of mechanical energy.

It is designed for maximum pleasure and harnesses the power of a System Porsche 1.2 fuel-injected engine, complete with three-way catalyser.

Unfortunately, organizations need to do just that in order to harness the creative power of their employees.

The attempt to harness that power as a controlled source of useful energy has occupied scientists and engineers ever since.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The Missouri River is harnessed for hydroelectric power.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A hybrid type of society emerged, in which archaic social forces were harnessed to modern industrial techniques.

A mixture of envy and admiration once led fishermen to try to harness the heron's gifts.

Attempts to harness the numerical strength of the casual poor had foundered on the rocks of seeming apathy.

It is designed for maximum pleasure and harnesses the power of a System Porsche 1.2 fuel-injected engine, complete with three-way catalyser.

The important thing is to harness growth to self-knowledge, a ready acceptance of change, swift-moving business practice and sound judgement.

The snag is - first you must harness the fish.

They also featured coaches that could harness their players' egos.

We harness fossil energy and breathe life into machines.

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