Archaic term for straps or tugs that attach the hames to the rest of a horse's harness.
Compound word from 'hame' (harness pieces) and 'tugs' (pulling straps), descriptive terminology created by horse workers to identify specific harness components.
A wagon driver's vocabulary included dozens of specialized words for different harness parts—knowing the names let them quickly communicate repairs and problems, much like modern mechanics have specialized terminology!
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