pommel

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.”

2. isim Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.

   “The pommels, of which two sets must be provided, fit into these incisions.”

3. isim The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword or dagger.

   “The pommel is either a cone of metal or a crutch with a whorl ending either arm.”

4. isim A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.

   “One fragment of pillar had a pommel finial with a mortise, indicating that it once held a metal object, perhaps a cross.”

5. isim The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball.

   “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.”

6. fiil To pound or beat.

   “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!”