A harness is a looped restraint or support. Specifically, it may refer to one of the following harness types:
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Bondage harness
A bondage harness is a piece of List of BDSM equipment, BDSM equipment worn for the purposes of Bondage (BDSM), bondage. The harness typically consists of a series of leather straps, usually between 1 and 2 cm wide, attached together in suc ...
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Child harness
A child harness (alternative: ''child tether'', ''walking harness'', British English: ''walking reins'') is a safety device sometimes worn by children when walking with a parent or carer. Child harnesses are most commonly used with toddlers and ch ...
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Climbing harness
A climbing harness is a piece of equipment that allows a climber to tie in (climbing), tie in to the safety of a rope. It is used in climbing, rock and ice climbing, ice climbing, abseiling, and lowering; this is in contrast to other activities r ...
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Dog harness
A dog harness is a piece of equipment consisting in part of straps that surround the dog’s torso. It is used to guide, hold, and lift the dog or to utilise its pulling power. It reduces tension on the neck when they pull, and provides fre ...
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Five-point harness
A five-point harness is a form of seat belt that contains five straps that are mounted to the car frame. It has been engineered for an increase of safety in the occurrence of an automobile accident. As a result, this form of seat belt has been m ...
, a type of seatbelt
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Horse harness
A horse harness is a device that connects a horse to a horse-drawn vehicle or another type of load to pull. There are two main designs of horse harness: (1) the Breastplate (tack)#Harness, breast collar or breaststrap, and (2) the Horse collar, ...
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Pet harness
A pet harness is equipment consisting of straps of webbing that loop nearly around—that fasten together using side release buckles—the torso of an animal.
These harnesses generally are made to have both a strap on the chest in front of the f ...
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Safety harness
A safety harness is a form of Personal protective equipment, protective equipment designed to safeguard the user from injury or death from falling. The core item of a fall arrest system, the harness is usually fabricated from rope, Wire rope, bra ...
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Windsurfing harness
A windsurfing harness is part of the Trapeze (sailing), trapeze used in the sports of windsurfing and kitesurfing to connect the rider to the Rigging, rig by a line attached to the boom (windsurfing), boom or kitesurfing bar. It consists of a girdl ...
Harness may also refer to:
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Cable harness
A cable harness, also known as a wire harness, wiring harness, cable assembly, wiring assembly or wiring loom, is an assembly of electrical cables or wires which transmit signals or electrical power. The cables are bound together by a durable ma ...
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Full harness restraints, handcuffs and shackles
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Harness racing
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, spider, or chariot occupied by a driver. In Europe, and less frequently in Australia ...
, horse racing
* Harness, a type of clinch in
grappling
Grappling is a fighting technique based on throws, trips, sweeps, clinch fighting, ground fighting and submission holds.
Grappling contests often involve takedowns and ground control, and may end when a contestant concedes defeat. Shou ...
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Harness, Arkansas
Harness is an extinct town in Stone County, Arkansas, United States. The GNIS
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features, encompas ...
, a ghost town
* Loom harness, a component of a
loom
A loom is a device used to weaving, weave cloth and tapestry. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the Warp (weaving), warp threads under tension (mechanics), tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The precise shape of ...
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Test harness, in software testing
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