harnessing

verbrein in; control

Synonyms for harnessing

verb rein in; control

Antonyms for harnessing

Word Origin & History

"to put a harness on a draught animal," c.1300, from Old French harneschier, from harnois (see harness (n.)); figurative sense is from 1690s. Related: Harnessed; harnessing.

Example Sentences for harnessing

He chuckled all through the harnessing of Daniel, the venerable white horse.

But I was not aware that you had engaged in roping or harnessing the animal.

The harnessing of an Italian diligence is a mystery to all but an Italian postilion.

Beechnut did not answer to this proposal, but went on harnessing the horse.

Carriers' men were harnessing the freshly groomed bays to the pole.

When it came to harnessing, the first trouble of the day began.

The cure had not waited for this assent to go and give an order for harnessing the horses.

He enjoyed helping with the horse, harnessing and unharnessing it.

Miss Miller assisted in harnessing one side while Zan did the other.

When we come to think of it, the harnessing of the sun is not so very strange.