pelham

plural pelhams

1. A type of bit used on the bridle of a horse, consisting of a mouthpiece, a shank, and two rings on each side.

plural Pelhams

1. countableuncountableA suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP108368).
2. countableuncountableA town in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableA city in Shelby County, Alabama.
   2. countableuncountableA city in Mitchell County, Georgia.
   3. countableuncountableA town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

      Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.

      2025 January 22, Nick Stoico, “Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2025

   4. countableuncountableA town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
   5. countableuncountableA town and village therein, in Westchester County, New York.
   6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina.
   7. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Grundy County, Tennessee.
4. A place in Australia:
   1. countableuncountableA rural locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland.
   2. countableuncountableA locality in Central Highlands council area and the Southern Midlands council area, central Tasmania.
5. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.