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

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 Wallace, Dillon

I do not think I am cut out for a Don nor your mother for a Donness—we have had thirty years' freedom in London, and are too old to put in harness.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

Well, Charley, I've been put in harness rather sooner than I expected.

From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Lever, Charles James

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