safety harness
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈseɪfti ˈhɑrnəs/
:
arnés de seguridad
- You think it's easy securing your safety harness in the dark?
- wear a safety harness
- put on a safety harness
- five-point safety harness
And sometimes it can literally feel like I'm scaling a building without any safety harness on and one wrong foot.
- And sometimes it can literally feel like I'm scaling a building without any safety harness on and one wrong foot.
Examples
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Pozzi checked his safety harness, stepped out onto a runner with one foot, and hefted a fifty-pound television camera onto his shoulder.
Fiction book (2001) -
Seated right behind the cockpit, Helen Gray gripped her MP5 submachine gun tighter, trusting that her safety harness would hold.
Fiction book (1996) -
Put your safety harness on!
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It's still crazy as hell that people actually did that with no safety harness.
Blog text (31) -
There was no safety harness or anything.
Fiction book (2002) -
Djuro held up two pieces of a safety harness.
Fiction book (1990) -
I got into the rear seat and put my legs around the dual control stick, fumbling for the safety harness.
Fiction book (1992) -
As I freed myself from the safety harness, she put one hand on my arm and squeezed lightly.
Fiction book (1998) -
I had fastened the safety harness and clamped on my parachute, but when the takeoff came, I wasn't ready.
Fiction book (1992) -
Always wear your safety harness when climbing to prevent any falls.
Synonyms
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3.1
A set of straps fastened to a person or animal for safety and control
Antonyms
How Protective
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'safety' (protection from danger) + 'harness' (straps/belt) yields a device of straps used for protection, so a learner who knows both words can infer the overall sense. This noun–noun compound follows a common compounding pattern found across languages, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Safety harness comes from the simple idea of a harness that wraps around a person with straps and a belt and hooks to a rope or anchor to hold them. That clear image explains why a safety harness is used to 'stop a fall' and keep people safe when they climb or work high up.