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
The freedom and grace of its movements are gone, even before it is put in harness.
From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold
We can never expect that the Mississippi will be absolutely put in harness.
From The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
No sooner were our animals put in harness, than the shaft mule reared and plunged, burst ropes and straps, and nearly flung the cart into the Missouri.
From The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life by Parkman, Francis
I don't exactly like the actions of those horses, Ajax," remarked Mr. Dinsmore, as he came out putting on his gloves; "I did not intend to have them put in harness to-day.
From Elsie Dinsmore by Finley, Martha
