atteler
Meanings
Verb
1. to harness, yoke, hitch (e.g. a horse to a wagon) (transitive)
2. to get down to, apply oneself to (reflexive, figurative, figuratively)
Examples6
Ça fait des heures que je m'y attelle.
I've been at this for hours.
La police s'attela à la résolution du crime.
The police set out to solve the crime.
Il a attelé la caravane à sa voiture.
He hitched the caravan to his car.
Attelez les bœufs à la charrue.
Yoke the oxen to the plow.
Attelez le tombereau à mon rossinante !
Hitch the dumpcart to my nag!
Il a attelé son cheval sur un cotteur.
He hitched his horse to a cutter.