hames

See also: hamës and ħames

English

Noun

hames

  1. plural of hame

Etymology 2

Uncertain.[1] Possibly from the hame(s) (harness elements) put on a horse, which are difficult to put on right.[2]

Noun

hames (plural hames)

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

References
  1. “hames”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. Terence Patrick Dolan, A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English (2006), page 119, "hames"

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

hames

  1. plural of ham
  2. plural of hame
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