Plural of hame; the curved pieces of a horse's harness that attach to the collar on both sides of the animal.
Plural form of 'hame,' from Middle English and Old English 'hame,' with the same Germanic roots describing harness components used since ancient times.
A skilled blacksmith could make hames custom-fitted for a particular horse's shoulders and neck—poorly fitted hames would cause sores and injuries that made a work horse useless, so this was serious craftsmanship!
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