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Pommel

//ˈpɑ.məl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The upper front brow of a saddle.

    "But, if it does so sit, it is plain that the pommel must rise sufficiently to secure the withers from pressure; therefore it follows, that a horse whose withers are higher than common, (a well-built hunter for example,) requires a pommel higher by so much as he excels the generality of horses."

  2. 2
    an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger wordnet
  3. 3
    A rounded knob or handle.; Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.

    "The pommels, of which two sets must be provided, fit into these incisions."

  4. 4
    handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle wordnet
  5. 5
    A rounded knob or handle.; The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword or dagger.

    "The pommel is either a cone of metal or a crutch with a whorl ending either arm."

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  1. 6
    a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse wordnet
  2. 7
    A rounded knob or handle.; A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.

    "One fragment of pillar had a pommel finial with a mortise, indicating that it once held a metal object, perhaps a cross."

  3. 8
    The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball. obsolete

    "The player, armed with a pommel, stands from two to three feet from the spell, places a knur in the cup which is held down by the rack."

Verb
  1. 1
    To pound or beat. transitive

    "The scaling him with chairs for ladders to dive into his pockets, despoil him of brown-paper parcels, hold on tight by his cravat, hug him round his neck, pommel his back, and kick his legs in irrepressible affection!"

  2. 2
    strike, usually with the fist wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English pomel, from Old French pomel and Medieval Latin pomellum, pumellum, presumedly via Vulgar Latin *pomellum (“ball, knob”), the diminutive of Late Latin pōmum (“apple”). Compare French pommeau, Spanish pomo, and Swedish pumla.

Etymology 2

From Middle English pomel, from Old French pomel and Medieval Latin pomellum, pumellum, presumedly via Vulgar Latin *pomellum (“ball, knob”), the diminutive of Late Latin pōmum (“apple”). Compare French pommeau, Spanish pomo, and Swedish pumla.

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