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

As each man fitted the wooden shafts over his shoulders I could see that they were welted with corns like a mule's shoulders chafed by the hames through many a summer's plowing.

From Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions by Poe, Clarence Hamilton

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 Marcy, Randolph Barnes

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 McElroy, John

Ahead the many silvery bells, hung on steel bows over the hames of each of Jo's white beauties, jingled merrily as the wagon rolled on into the illimitable desert.

From The She Boss A Western Story by Hankins, Arthur Preston