double harness

noun

harness for a pair of horses.

Idioms for double harness

    in double harness, Informal. married.

Origin of double harness

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Words nearby double harness

double flat, double fracture, double fugue, double glazing, double gloucester, double harness, double helix, double hitch, double ikat, double in brass, double indemnity

Example sentences from the Web for double harness

  • It's the thoroughbreds that sweat when they're backed into double-harness.

    The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition |Rudyard Kipling

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

    North of Fifty-Three |Bertrand W. Sinclair

  • Decidedly, Liszt was not made for stepping in double-harness.

    Franz Liszt |James Huneker