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pom·mel
[puhm-uhl, pom-] noun, verb, pom·meled, pom·mel·ing or (especially British) pom·melled, pom·mel·ling. noun
1.
a knob, as on the hilt of a sword.
2.
the protuberant part at the front and top of a saddle.
3.
Architecture. a spherical ornament or finial.
4.
Gymnastics. either of the two curved handles on the top surface of a side horse.
verb (used with object)
5.
to beat or strike with or as if with the fists or a pommel.
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Pommel
is always a great word to know.
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| a sky lit central court in a contemporary building or house; a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early Christian church |
| the portion of the front or side of a building enclosed by or masking the end of a pitched roof |
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Example Sentences
- Connection points are not available in the parallel bars or pommel horse.
- But perhaps some folks are fatigued by the ceaseless rotation of triple-salchows and pommel horses.
- Athletes flipped, twisted and launched their way to gold on the pommel horse, vault and floor exercise.
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World English Dictionary
| pommel (ˈpʌməl, ˈpɒm-) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the raised part on the front of a saddle |
| 2. | a knob at the top of a sword or similar weapon |
| —vb , -mels, -melling, -melled, -mels, -meling, -meled | |
| 3. | a less common word for pummel |
| [C14: from Old French pomel knob, from Vulgar Latin pōmellum (unattested) little apple, from Latin pōmum apple] | |
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Word Origin & History
pommel
early 14c., from O.Fr. pomel (12c.), "rounded knob," dim. of pom "hilt of a sword," from L.L. pomellum, dim. of L. pomum "apple," the connecting notion being "roundness." Sense of "front peak of a saddle" first recorded mid-15c. In M.E. poetry it also sometimes meant a woman's breast.
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