hames

British  

/ heɪmz /

noun

1. informal to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude

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Etymology

Origin of hames

of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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

O, brave are the haughs o’ Baile-liosan, And brave are the halds o’ green Magh-luan; But braver the hames o’ Newtownbreda, Twined about wi’ the pinks o’ June.

From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh

Hurriedly, she unhitched Ben and Betty, hung their bridles on the hames, and turned the team loose to graze.

From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor

"This is my horse, and I've a word to say about buckling those hames."

From The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

I asked, as I saw collar and hames and the rest of the heavy harness adjusted.

From Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden by Fenn, George Manville