different between pommel vs vaulting

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

Noun

vaulting (countable and uncountable, plural vaultings)

1. The practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction.
2. A vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group.
   • 1928, Robert Byron, The Station: Travels to the Holy Mountain of Greece, Chapter 16,^[1]

     Spreading over the high vaultings and walls, the traditional scenes from the life of Christ are depicted on an immense scale.

3. The sport of gymnastics and dance routines performed on horseback, and on the longe line.

Translations

Verb

vaulting

1. present participle of vault

Adjective

vaulting (comparative more vaulting, superlative most vaulting)

1. Leaning upward or over.
2. (figuratively) Exaggerated or overreaching.
3. performing

Derived terms

• fan vaulting
• vaulting horse
• equestrian vaulting