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

"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)

The curved pieces of wood in the harness of a draught-horse, called the hames, to which the traces are fastened, could be found in twisted growths, as could also portions of ox-yokes.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

If they used these horses for work, there ought to be collar and hames rubs on their necks.

From Eight Keys to Eden by Clifton, Mark

And when I gang, as I 'll do soon, To join the leal in hames aboon, I 'll greet them just as aye I 've doon, Wi', How 's a' wi' ye.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles