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double harness

noun

  1. harness for a pair of horses.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of double harness1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. in double harness, Informal. married.
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Example Sentences

How to harness a horse correctly in single or double harness, and to drive.

I never thought of it before—which goes to show that this double-harness business puts a different face on 'most everything.

Know how to harness a horse correctly in single or double harness and to drive.

I also bought a double harness in Chicago and shipped with the rig, and we crossed on the same boat.

Know how to harness correctly in a single or double harness, and how to drive.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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