Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HAR'NESS, v.t.

1. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman. Harnessed to rugged steel. Rowe.
2. To put on the furniture of a horse for draught. Harness the horses. Jer. xlvi.
3. To defend; to equip or furnish for defense. 1 Macc. iv.