Pommel

Quick meaning: Pommel is a noun meaning The upper front brow of a saddle.

Meaning

The upper front brow of a saddle.

More Meanings

1. A rounded knob or handle.
2. (sports, obsolete) The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball.
3. (transitive) To pound or beat.

Example Sentences

An owner fits four fingers underneath the saddle's pommel, testing the fit of the saddle.

In the shoulder saddle, pommel and cantle are inclined toward each other at the bottom and away from each other at the top.

The player, armed with a pommel, stands from two to three feet from the spell, places a knur in the cup which is held down by the rack.

I will not say as schoolboys do to bullies—Take some one of your own size; don’t pommel me! No, ye’ve knocked me down, and I am up again; but ye have run and hidden.

Word Forms

• pommels
• pommeling
• pommelling
• pommeled
• pommelled

Synonyms for pommel

Depending on context, synonyms include swell, fork, biff, knob, pummel, saddlebow.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include saddlebow, knob, pummel, biff, horn, fork.

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