pommel

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It was most fortunate that I had decided not to ride at that time, for a pitch over a horse's head with a skirt to catch on the pommel is a performance I am not seeking.

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  1. transitive verb To beat; pummel.
  2. noun The upper front part of a saddle; a saddlebow.
  3. noun Either of the two rounded handles on top of a pommel horse.

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  • He snatched a sixth keg of liquor from one of the nets and a coil of strong rawhide lashing that had been looped over the pommel, then rendered himself and his burden invisible and moved back until he was well into the fog. —  Julian, May - Boreal Moon 01 - Conqueror's Moon
  • His hands rested on the pommel, a light grip on the reins, and lust in his expression. —  Cheyenne McCray - Spellbound.pdf.htm
  • Instead their guide drew his dagger and pounded sharply on the wall in some sort of signal, with a dull clunk sound that made him think the pommel was made of lead. —  Map.html
  • Bent slightly over the saddle pommel, his eyes upon these snow-capped peaks still showing blurred and distant, he rode steadily on, the only moving object amid all that wide, desolate landscape PART II WHAT OCCURRED IN GLENCAID CHAPTER I THE ARRIVAL OF MISS SPENCER There was a considerable period when events of importance in Glencaid's history were viewed against the background of the opening of its first school. —  Bob Hampton of Placer
  • She must first free her knee from the pommel, and be certain that her habit is entirely disengaged. —  Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society
 

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  1. From Middle English pomel, a pommel, from Old French, diminutive of pom, ball, fruit, from Latin pōmum, fruit.

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  1. Also pummel; early modern English also pomel; from Middle English pomel, from Old French pomel, pommel, a ball, knob, pommel, French pommeau, pommel, diminutive of pome, pomme, apple, ball: see pome.
  2. Also pummel; early modern English also pomel; from pommel, n.
 

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/ˈpəmɛl/
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