noun
pommel
Pommel (noun) means the raised front part of a saddle.
noun
1
The raised front part of a saddle.
"An owner fits four fingers underneath the saddle's pommel, testing the fit of the saddle."
— Moira C. Reeve, The Original Horse Bible (2011)
2
A rounded knob or handle on an object.
"Five or six years after Mèlusine had departed, there began to appear, on the last day of August, a great hand that removed the pommel from the Poitevin Tower and pulled at it so strongly that it broke a great part of the roof."
— Gareth Knight, The Book of Melusine of Lusignan in History (2013)
"Yet each community had a turning (pommel or finial) at the top of the post whose shape distinguished it from the work of other communities. At New Lebanon, the decorative pommel varied little over the years."
— M. Stephen Miller, Inspired Innovations: A Celebration of Shaker Ingenuity (2010)
3
One of the two round handles on a piece of gymnastics equipment called a pommel horse.
4
The knob at the end of the handle of a bladed weapon, like a sword or dagger.
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Etymology
This word came into English as Middle English pomel, from Old French pomel and Medieval Latin pomellum, pumellum, presumedly by way of Vulgar Latin *pomellum (“ball, knob”), the diminutive of Late Latin pōmum (“apple”). Compare French pommeau, Spanish pomo, and Swedish pumla.
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What is the meaning of pommel?
"pommel" (noun) means the raised front part of a saddle.
What is another word for pommel?
Other words for "pommel" include saddlebow, fork, swell, knob.
What are the different meanings of pommel?
"pommel" has 3 main meanings: 1. The raised front part of a saddle; 2. A rounded knob or handle on an object; 3. One of the two round handles on a piece of gymnastics equipment called a pommel horse.
