put in harness
Example Sentences
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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
While the courier unpacked his provisions, Mukoki and Wabigoon assembled the teams and proceeded to select three of the best of their own animals to put in harness with those of the Hudson Bay mail.
From The Gold Hunters A Story of Life and Adventure in the Hudson Bay Wilds by James Oliver Curwood
He endeavored to persuade himself that learning and dullness went hand in hand, and that genius was not to be put in harness.
From Oliver Goldsmith A Biography by Washington Irving
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
You will be put in harness soon, colt, and perhaps you, too, will be sold.
