Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
double harness ExamplesWord Origin noun
- harness for a pair of horses.
Idioms
- in double harness, Informal. married.
Origin of double harness An Americanism dating back to 1865–70 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.
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Decidedly, Liszt was not made for stepping in double-harness.
James Huneker
I never thought of it before—which goes to show that this double-harness business puts a different face on ‘most everything.
Bertrand W. Sinclair