n. Part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through.
n. Scottish form of home
n. Alternative form of halm.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Home.
n. One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse's neck attached to them.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A covering; a skin; a membrane.
n. One of two curved pieces of wood or metal in the harness of a draft-horse, to which the traces are fastened, and which lie upon the collar or have pads attached to them fitting the horse's neck. See cut under harness.
n. An obsolete or dialectal form of halm.
n. A Scotch form of home.
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n. stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces
Word Usage
"'Come hame, come hame!' answered the _colonel_, with both accent and quantity heaped on the word _hame_."