harness
noun
the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Then he added, "I am harnessing my horse to go to mill; how would you like to go with me, and ride back with Mrs. Polly Slater in the afternoon?"
From Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various