pommel
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈpɑːməl/
:
puño
- The wooden hilt has a pear-shaped pommel and guard, both of which are covered with ray skin.
- the pommel of the sword
- the pommel of the saddle
- hand on the pommel
Examples
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His palm was sweaty on the pommel of the sword.
Fiction book (1994) -
Its short guard curled down toward the blade, and the pommel was weighty, in the shape of a fantastic beast's head.
Fiction book (1990) -
Grab onto the pommel here.
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It's the perfect pommel for the the scepter.
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The guard is square, and the pommel is ornamented.
Academic text (2006) -
It's from the pommel of the sword Requitur.
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Fasten this to your pommel.
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On the pommel of his saddle hung his medicines, or sacred objects: two human skulls wrapped in a skin.
Academic text (1992) -
The front of the seat has a cross-shaped pommel, and the backrest is an arched cantle.
Academic text (2006) -
He placed his hand firmly on the pommel of the saddle as he prepared to ride.
Synonyms
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9.1
A rounded ornament at the end of a sword or dagger hilt
A curved raised part at the front of a horse's seat that you hold to stay steady
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.3
A gymnastics machine with two handles used for swinging and balancing moves
How Prominent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pommel comes from the old French word pomme and the Latin pomum, both meaning 'apple'. The rounded knob at the front of a saddle or at the end of a sword looked like a small apple, so pommel came to mean that round knob.