The pommel horse requires more balance than strength.
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Pommel
//ˈpɑ.məl//
Synonyms for "pommel" (78 found)
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22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
44 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- лък на седло noun (upper front brow of a saddle)
- разчуквам verb (to pound or beat)
- чукам verb (to pound or beat)
Czech
4 entries- hruška noun (upper front brow of a saddle)
- hruška noun (round handle or knob)
- hruška noun (knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword)
- přední rozsocha noun (upper front brow of a saddle)
Danish
2 entries- knap noun (knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword)
- sværdknap noun (knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword)
Dutch
3 entries- pommel noun (round handle or knob)
- aframmelen verb (to pound or beat)
- aftuigen verb (to pound or beat)
Finnish
4 entries- etukaari noun (upper front brow of a saddle)
- kahva noun (rounded handle on a pommel horse)
- nuppi noun (upper front brow of a saddle)
- nuppi noun (round handle or knob)
French
2 entries- pommeau noun (upper front brow of a saddle)
- pommeau noun (knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword)
German
4 entries- Knauf noun (round handle or knob)
- Knauf noun (knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword)
- Sattelknauf noun (upper front brow of a saddle)
- Vorderzwiesel noun (upper front brow of a saddle)
Hungarian
1 entries- gomb noun (round handle or knob)
Irish
1 entries- gread verb (to pound or beat)
Italian
1 entries- pomo noun (knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword)
Kazakh
1 entries- қас noun (upper front brow of a saddle)
Macedonian
3 entries- пета noun (knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword)
- јаболчица noun (round handle or knob)
- јаболчица noun (knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword)
Mongolian
1 entries- бүүрэг noun (upper front brow of a saddle)
Polish
1 entries- łęk przedni noun (upper front brow of a saddle)
Portuguese
1 entries- castão noun (round handle or knob)
Russian
2 entries- навершие noun (knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword)
- пере́дняя лука́ noun (upper front brow of a saddle)
Spanish
2 entries- borrén noun (upper front brow of a saddle)
- pomo noun (round handle or knob)
Swedish
4 entries- eftre hjalt noun (knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword)
- greppknopp noun (round handle or knob)
- knapp noun (knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword)
- sadelknapp noun (upper front brow of a saddle)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
The pommel screws onto the end of the tang to hold the handle and sword together.
Source: tatoeba (10604687)
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.
Source: wiktionary
In the shoulder saddle, pommel and cantle are inclined toward each other at the bottom and away from each other at the top.
Source: wiktionary
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