adjective/sɔ.mje/
of Somme (department of France)
From Somme + -ier.
/sɔ.mje/
of Somme (department of France)
From Somme + -ier.
beast of burden; box spring (box-shaped frame into which is a set of spiral springs, upon which rests a bed mattress); springer; windchest (part of an organ); pin box (part of a piano)
Synonyms: bête de somme
Inherited from Old French somier, from Late Latin saumārius, sagmārius, from Latin sagma.