hames
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of hames
of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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Sometimes, mounted on the sawhorse in the harness-room, with collars and hames and tugs hung all about him, Jody rode out beyond the room.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
Simple wooden hames, cut to fit the shoulders of the deer and tied together with a leather thong, took the place of both collar and hames of other harnesses.
From Triple Spies by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
A clumsy leather contrivance lay on the hames of the mule.
From Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures by John McElroy
“There now! that’s a big lift, I do declare,” said the farmer, hanging the chains of the horses’ traces upon the hames, and preparing to lead the pair along the road.
From Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans by Alice B. Emerson
Every set of six mule wagons should be furnished with five pairs of hames, two double trees, four whipple-trees, and two pairs of lead bars extra.
From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Randolph Barnes Marcy
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