soam

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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Definition of soam

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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”
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noun

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

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Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from a variant of seam.

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