hame
Plural: hames
Noun
- One of two curved pieces of wood or metal that fit into a horse's collar.
- stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces
- shroud, a covering, skin, membrane.
- Part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through.
- Scottish and Northern English form of home
- Alternative form of haulm.
Examples
- The word HAME was a small but crucial connection in his Scrabble play.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English hame, home, from Old English hama, homa (“a cover, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“clothes, skirt”). Cognate with Old Norse hamr and its descendants, such as Danish ham (“skin, bladder, figure”), Danish hams (“shell, sleeve”).
Scrabble Score: 9
hame: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhame: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hame: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
hame: valid Words With Friends Word