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Plural of harness

regular plural

The plural of harness is harnesses.

Forms of harness

Singularharness /ˈhɑː.nəs/
Pluralharnesses /ˈhɑː(ɹ).nəsɪz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Harnesses in a sentence

  • The cars then enter the main lines for further assembly - including the installation of internal electrical harnesses, underfloor equipment, internal panelling, roof equipment, carpets, seats and tables.2024 December 27, Pip Dunn, “Network News: Hitachi pushes on with '810' assembly and testing”, in RAIL, number 1025, page 20
  • They uncoil the rope and tie bowlines to clip into their harnesses.2013, Christopher White, The Melting World: A Journey Across America’s Vanishing Glaciers, →ISBN. From the entry bald spot
  • Charlotteans produced iron, tobacco, doors, spokes and handles, wagons, carriages, harnesses and marble works.2009 April 28, Mary Kratt, Charlotte, North Carolina: A Brief History, History Press, →ISBN. From the entry uptown
  • He developed a piezoelectric device that harnesses energy from heat, movement and pressure – all which occur naturally in the environment.2021 July 26, Isabelle Gerretsen, “How pedestrians are lighting homes in Sierra Leone”, in BBC Future. From the entry piezoelectric
  • Jeff and I slipped on diaper harnesses.2005, Ken Lamberton, Beyond Desert Walls: Essays from Prison, University of Arizona Press, page 34. From the entry diaper harness

Meaning of harness

  1. noun A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
  2. noun A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function: a wiring harness.
  3. noun The complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; armour in general.

Full definition of harness

Questions about the plural of harness

What is the plural of harness?
The plural of harness is harnesses.
Is harness countable?
Harness is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: harness (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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