Hame

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪm

From Middle English hame, home, from Old English hama, homa ("a cover, skin"), from Proto-Germanic *hamô ("clothes, skirt"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- ("cover, clothes"). Cognate with Danish ham ("skin, bladder, figure"), Danish hams ("shell, sleeve"). More at heaven.

Full definition of hame

Noun

1. (obsolete) A covering, skin, membrane.

Related terms

• heam
• likam

From Middle English, from Middle Dutch hame ("horse collar, harness, fishnet"), from Old Dutch *hamo, from Proto-Germanic *hamô ("fishnet, collar for a horse"), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- ("part of a harness"). Cognate with Middle Low German ham, hame ("collar, fishnet"), Old High German hamo ("sack-like fishnet") (Modern German dialectal Hame, Hamen ("hand fishnet"), Ham ("horse collar")).

Noun

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

Derived terms

• hamestrap
• hamestring

From Middle English ham, from Old English hām ("home"). More at home.

Noun

1. Form of Scottish form

From earlier haum, haume.

Noun

1. Alternative form of halm

Anagrams

• ahem
• haem