soam

See also: -soam

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from a variant of seam.

Noun

soam (plural soams)

1. A chain by which a leading horse draws a plough.
   • 1858, James Slight, Robert Scott Burn, The Book of Farm Implements and Machines:

     In this mode of yoking, the horses work in unicorn-team, the middle horse pulling by the soam- chain, instead of the swingtree

2. (mining) A short rope used to pull the tram in a coal-mine.
3. A horse-lead.

References

• “soam”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• -omas, Amos, MOAS, MOAs, Samo, SoMa, Soma, maos, moas, omas, soma

Galician

Verb

soam

1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of soar
2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of soer:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Portuguese

Verb

soam

1. third-person plural present indicative of soar