pommel

  • 31pommel — I. n. [Written also Pummel.] Knob, ball, protuberant part. II. v. a. [Written also Pummel.] Beat, bruise, thrash, flog, bang, maul, thwack, thump, belabor, trounce …

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  • 32pommel — 1 noun (C) 1 the high, rounded part at the front of a saddle 1 (1) on a horse 2 the round end of a sword handle 2 verb (T) especially AmE another spelling of pummel …

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  • 33pommel — n 1. knob, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, bump, boss, button; handle, horn, hold, grip, v 2. pummel, punch, thwack, bang, bang away at, buffet, wallop, cuff, baste, Inf. lambaste, Sl. belt; pound, Sl. pound on, thump, box; trounce, drub, Sl …

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  • 34pommel — pom·mel …

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  • 35pommel — /ˈpʌməl / (say pumuhl), /ˈpɒməl / (say pomuhl) noun Also, pummel. 1. a terminating knob, as on the top of a tower, hilt of a sword, etc. 2. the protuberant part at the front and top of a saddle. –verb (t) (pommelled or, US, pommeled, pommelling… …

  • 36pommel —   Pāluku, ku i pehi, hāku i. See beat, saddle horn …

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  • 37pommel horse — n. side horse, leather padded vaulting horse equipped with two curved graspable pommels used in gymnastics by male gymnasts only …

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  • 38pommel horse — noun a vaulting horse fitted with a pair of curved handgrips …

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  • 39pommel horse — noun (C) a piece of equipment used in gymnastics with two handles on top, which you hold onto and jump over …

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  • 40pommel horse — pom′mel horse n. 1) spo a padded, somewhat cylindrical, floor supported gymnastic apparatus with two graspable pommels on top, used by men for hand supported balancing and swinging maneuvers 2) spo the gymnastic competition involving this… …

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