put in harness
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He’s put in harness and becomes the member of a dogsled team hauling mail to prospectors drawn to the frigid fastness of the Yukon in the hunt for the yellow stuff.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2020
The freedom and grace of its movements are gone, even before it is put in harness.
From On the Heights A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
I tried having him put in harness; the horse backed, and if one gave him a flick with the whip he jibbed, kicked, and positively lay down.
From A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I by Constance Garnett
When the dogs are put in harness in preparation for a journey they are always keen for the start.
From The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell by Dillon Wallace
Well, Charley, I've been put in harness rather sooner than I expected.
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Charles James Lever
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