Associations to the word «Pommel»
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Wiktionary
POMMEL, noun. The upper front brow of a saddle.
POMMEL, noun. Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.
POMMEL, noun. The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword.
POMMEL, noun. A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
POMMEL, verb. (transitive) To pound or beat.
POMMEL HORSE, noun. An apparatus for gymnastic exercises with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright pommels, as hand grips, near the centre; held upright with adjustable legs
POMMEL HORSE, noun. An athletic event in which the pommel horse is used.
POMMEL HORSES, noun. Plural of pommel horse
Dictionary definition
POMMEL, noun. A handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse.
POMMEL, noun. Handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle.
POMMEL, noun. An ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger.
POMMEL, verb. Strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.