soam

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noun

A chain by which a leading horse draws a plough.

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Meanings

nounsoam (plural soams)

plural soams

  1. A chain by which a leading horse draws a plough.

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

    1858, James Slight, Robert Scott Burn, The Book of Farm Implements and Machines
  2. businessA short rope used to pull the tram in a coal-mine.
  3. A horse-lead.

Origin

Uncertain. Perhaps from a variant of seam.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

soam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soam

MLA

“soam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soam. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soam,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soam.

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