harnessing

USHAR-nis-ing/ˈhɑɹ.nəs.ɪŋ/SayHAH-nis-ingUK/ˈhɑː.nəs.ɪŋ/AUS/ˈhaː.nəs.ɪŋ/

Noun pluralharnessings

2 meanings of harnessing

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of harness.
The project is aimed at harnessing tidal energy along the rocky coast.
Harnessing the team's enthusiasm will take a patient coach.
Note
Two uses share this form: the figurative one, where a force or resource is put to work (harnessing tidal energy, harnessing a team's enthusiasm), and the literal one of fitting an animal with straps. Both take an object, the thing being controlled. The verb can also mean fitting a person out in armor, matching the dated sense of harness as a warrior's whole outfit.
2
nouncountable or uncountable
The gear and materials used to put a harness on an animal.
Every piece of harnessing in the stable was polished before the show.
The museum displays a royal coach along with the harnessings of its six horses.
Similartack, gear
Note
Where a harness is a single set of straps, this noun names the gear as material, the whole stock of it, so it can be measured out as a piece of harnessing or put in the plural for several animals. Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast (1950) stores the carriages and harnessings of the horses in an armory off an inner quadrangle.

harnessing is a form of harness

harness, verb: To capture, control or put to use something, especially a natural force or resource. Full entry

Forms: harnessharnesses he/she/itharnessing -ing formharnessed past tense, past participle
Spelling: harness → harnessing: add -ing

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