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Hochems, -ams, n.pl. Also: hochims, -oms; hauchames, haughhames; Heghemis. [? f. Hoch n.] Wooden supports for panniers on a horse. — 1617 Master of Works Accounts XV. 47 b.
For 5 creillis … a pair of hochemis 1625 Edinburgh Testaments LIII. 114.
Ane pair of hochames and ane cair sedill 1646 Ib. LXII. 58.
Four hauchames four harrows 1649 Acts VI. 468.
Work horses with their sleds, creills, hochimes, and such like 1652 Edinburgh Testaments LXVI. 53 b.
Twa load saidells and ane pair of hochomes 1696 Ib. LXXX. 160.
Ane grase sadle x s., ane pair of haughhames iiij s. 1808 Jam. s.v. (1825 adds Teviotd.).]
[Houghams, bent pieces of wood, slung on each side of a horse, to support dung-panniers
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