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double harness

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noun

harness for a pair of horses.

Idioms

in double harness, Informal. married.

Origin of double harness

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for double harness

Historical Examples of double harness

It's the thoroughbreds that sweat when they're backed into double-harness.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition
Rudyard Kipling
Decidedly, Liszt was not made for stepping in double-harness.
Franz Liszt
James Huneker
I never thought of it before—which goes to show that this double-harness business puts a different face on 'most everything.
North of Fifty-Three
Bertrand W. Sinclair