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Pomme vs Pommel - What's the difference?

pomme | pommel |

As an adjective pomme

is (heraldry|of a cross) having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances or single balls.

As a noun pommel is

the upper front brow of a saddle.

As a verb pommel is

to pound or beat.

pomme

English

From (etyl), ultimately from poma.

Noun

pomme' (plural ' pomeis )
  • (heraldiccharge) A roundel vert (green circular spot), resembling an apple. Also pomey.

    • References

    *Charles Mackinnon of Dunakin, The Observer's Book of Heraldry , Frederick Warne and Co., p. 60.

    pommel

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pummel

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
    • (Macaulay)
  • A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.

    • Derived terms

    * pommel horse

    Holonyms

    * haft, hilt

    See also

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    Verb

  • To pound or beat.
  • * 1851 ,
    • 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.