Harness vs Rein - What's the difference?
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(countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps.
(countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function.
(dated) The complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; armour in general.
* 1606 William Shakespeare, Macbeth , act V, scene V
The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.
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, title= To capture, control or put to use.
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, title= A strap or rope attached to the bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.
(figurative) An instrument or means of curbing, restraining, or governing.
* Milton
To direct or stop a horse by using reins.
* Chapman
To restrain; to control; to check.
* Shakespeare
A kidney.
*, II.12:
*:a man subject to these like imaginations.
*1611 , (King James Bible), :
*:He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins .
The inward impulses; the affections and passions, formerly supposed to be located in the area of the kidneys.
*Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 16
*:My reins rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
*Bible, Revelations ii. 23
*:I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts.
As nouns the difference between harness and rein
is that harness is a restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps while rein is a strap or rope attached to the bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child.As verbs the difference between harness and rein
is that harness is to place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain while rein is to direct or stop a horse by using reins.harness
English
Noun
(es)- Ring the alarum-bell! Blow, wind! come, wrack!
- At least we'll die with harness on our back.
Derived terms
* harnessed antelope * harnessed moth * test harnessVerb
(es)Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
John Vidal
Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas, passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.}}
See also
* (wikipedia "harness") *rein
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) reyne, from (etyl) resne (Modern French .Noun
(en noun)- Let their eyes rove without rein .
Verb
(en verb)- He mounts and reins his horse.
- Being once chafed, he cannot / Be reined again to temperance.
