Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An apparatus for gymnastic exercises that consists of a padded, loaf-shaped object with two pommels on top and stands horizontal to the floor, usually on adjustable legs.
- n. An athletic event in which the pommel horse is used.
Wiktionary
- n. An apparatus for gymnastic exercises with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright pommels, as hand grips, near the centre; held upright with adjustable legs
- n. An athletic event in which the pommel horse is used.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center; held upright by two steel supports, one at each end
Examples
“Nothing was making a sound—not the twelve sets of brown wooden climbing bars along the walls, not the old pommel horse covered in cracked leather, or the eight gray well-worn ropes hanging motionless from the ceiling, or the sixteen boys and girls who made up the Dølgen School Marching Band and who were now all staring at Conductor Madsen.”
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