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
We can never expect that the Mississippi will be absolutely put in harness.
From The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
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 Martha Finley
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 Francis Parkman
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
