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

The borough has foundries and machine shops of considerable importance, and manufactures silk, overalls, beer and hames.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

Six dirt boards and pair of wood hames.

From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur

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

Bell-teams were common; an iron or brass arch was fastened upon the hames, and collar and bells were suspended from it.

From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse