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