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hames

hames is the plural of hame.

Meaning of hame

Noun (1)

hame (plural hames)

  1. (obsolete) shroud, a covering, skin, membrane.

Noun (2)

hame (plural hames)

  1. Part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through.

Noun

hames (plural hames)

  1. (Ireland, colloquial) A mess.
    • You've made a right hames of it, you eejit!

Proper noun capitalized: Hames

Hames

  1. A surname.

Forms of hames

pluralhames

Origin of hames

Uncertain. Possibly from the hame(s) (harness elements) put on a horse, which are difficult to put on right.

Questions about hames

What does hames mean?
Hames means a mess.
What is hames the plural of?
Hames is the plural of hame.
What part of speech is hames?
Hames can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of hames?
The plural of hames is hames.

Words near hames in the dictionary

  1. hamerkop
  2. hamerkops
  3. Hameron
  4. Hamerton
  5. Hamertons
  6. hames
  7. hamese
  8. hamesecken
  9. hameseckens
  10. hamesuchen
  11. hamesucken

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hames (page history and authors); Hames (page history and authors); hame (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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