Maul vs Pommel - What's the difference?
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A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into it, or in combat.
(rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.
To handle someone or something in a rough way.
To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).
(figuratively) To criticise harshly.
The upper front brow of a saddle.
Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.
The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword.
A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
To pound or beat.
* 1851 ,
Maul is a related term of pommel.
As nouns the difference between maul and pommel
is that maul is mouth of an animal while pommel is the upper front brow of a saddle.As a verb pommel is
to pound or beat.maul
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (weapon) club, maceSee also
* ruck * scrumVerb
(en verb)- The bear mauled him in a terrible way.
Anagrams
* *pommel
English
Alternative forms
* pummelNoun
(en noun)- (Macaulay)
Derived terms
* pommel horseHolonyms
* haft, hiltSee also
*Verb
- 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.
