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hame

[heym]
–noun
either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.


Origin:
1275–1325; ME < MD
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hame   (hām)   
n.  One of the two curved wooden or metal pieces of a harness that fits around the neck of a draft animal and to which the traces are attached.

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.]
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