different between pommel vs chapelet

English

Alternative forms

• pummel

Etymology

From Middle English pomel, from Old French pomel and Medieval Latin pomellum, pumellum, presumedly via Vulgar Latin *pomellum (“ball, knob”), the diminutive of Late Latin p?mum (“apple”). Compare French pommeau and Spanish pomo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?.m?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?.m?l/
• Hyphenation: pom?mel
• Rhymes: -?m?l

Noun

pommel (plural pommels)

1. The upper front brow of a saddle.

   Synonyms: swell, fork

2. A rounded knob or handle.
   1. Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.
   2. The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword or dagger.

      Holonyms: haft, hilt
   3. A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
3. (sports, obsolete) The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball.

Derived terms

• pommel horse
• pommel foot
• pommel slicker

Translations

Verb

pommel (third-person singular simple present pommels, present participle pommelling or pommeling, simple past and past participle pommelled or pommeled)

1. (transitive) To pound or beat.

Derived terms

• bepommel
• pommeller

Related terms

• pummel

Translations

English

Etymology

French. See chaplet.

Noun

chapelet (plural chapelets)

1. A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.
2. A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.

French

Etymology

From Old French chapel (“hat”) + -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.pl?/

Noun

chapelet m (plural chapelets)

1. (obsolete) wreath (of flowers)
2. rosary, beads
3. (figuratively) string, hatful (of objects, ideas etc.)

Derived terms

• chapelet thaï

Further reading

• “chapelet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

chapel +? -et

Noun

chapelet m (oblique plural chapelez or chapeletz, nominative singular chapelez or chapeletz, nominative plural chapelet)

1. small hat