What does pommel mean?
Pommel means The upper front brow of a saddle..
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/ˈpɒ.məl/ · noun
The upper front brow of a saddle..
But, if it does so sit, it is plain that the pommel must rise sufficiently to secure the withers from pressure; therefore it follows, that a horse whose withers are higher than common, (a well-built hunter for example,) requires a pommel higher by so much as he excels the generality of horses.
In the shoulder saddle, pommel and cantle are inclined toward each other at the bottom and away from each other at the top.
An owner fits four fingers underneath the saddle's pommel, testing the fit of the saddle.
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.
The commonest method of playing the game, by the smaller boys of the village, was with a "sendstick," or pommel, and a wooden spell with a hole in one end to place the knur, which, when struck "tip-cat" like at the other end, threw the knur up to be struck at.
Next, the spring of the spell, at the end of which is a small brass cup to hold the knur, is adjusted by thumbscrews, so that when released by a touch of the pommel on the trigger, it will toss the knur a distance of six feet forward.
The scaling him with chairs for ladders to dive into his pockets, despoil him of brown-paper parcels, hold on tight by his cravat, hug him round his neck, pommel his back, and kick his legs in irrepressible affection!
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.
Use pommel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pommel means The upper front brow of a saddle..
Common synonyms include swell, fork, biff, knob.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But, if it does so sit, it is plain that the pommel must rise sufficiently to secure the withers from pressure; therefore it follows, that a horse whose withers are higher than common, (a well-built hunter for example,) requires a pommel higher by so much as he excels the generality of horses.
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