Harness

Harness may refer to:

Restraints and supports

• Bondage harness, a piece of BDSM equipment
• Child harness or walking harness, a safety device worn when walking
• Climbing harness, a belt attached to a safety rope
• Dog harness, straps used to hold or be pulled by a dog
• Five-point harness, a type of seatbelt
• Full harness, a restraint including a belly chain
• Horse harness, straps connecting a horse to its load
• Pet harness, straps used to hold or be assisted by a dog
• Safety harness, a form of protective equipment
• Windsurfing harness, part of the trapeze used in the sport

People

• Arminta Harness (1928–2010), US Air Force engineer
• Charles L. Harness (1915–2005), American science fiction writer
• Cody Harness (born 1991), stage name Crystal Methyd, American drag performer
• Forest Harness (1895–1974), American lawyer and politician
• Henry Drury Harness (1804–1883), British soldier and civil commissioner
• James Harness, (died 2014), mechanic on reality TV series Gold Rush
• Jeffery Harness (born 1978), American attorney and politician
• Jim Harness (1934–2015), American football player
• Kyp Harness (born 1964), Canadian social activist and folk singer
• Marcus Harness (born 1996), English footballer
• Nathan Harness (born 2000), English footballer
• Nicola Harness (born 1987), English actress
• Peter Harness (born 1976), English playwright, screenwriter, actor and producer
• William Curtis Harness Jr. (born 1980), stage name Struggle Jennings, American rapper
• William Harness (1790–1869), English cleric and man of letters
• Wyn Harness (1960–2007), English journalist

Other uses

• Cable harness or wiring harness, an assembly of electrical cables
• Harness racing, a form of horse racing
• Harness, a type of clinch in grappling
• Harness, Arkansas, a ghost town
• Loom harness, a component of a loom
• Test harness, a tool for verifying software