mid-13c., "ornamental knob;" c. 1300, "knob at the end of a sword hilt," from Old French pomel (12c., Modern French pommeau), "rounded knob," diminutive of pom "hilt of a sword," from Late Latin pomellum, diminutive of Latin pomum "apple" (see Pomona), the connecting notion being "roundness." Sense of "front peak of a saddle" first recorded mid-15c. In Middle English poetry it also sometimes meant a woman's breast. The gymnast's pommel horse is attested from 1908.
例文
1. Tung finished and folded his hands over the reins on the pommel of his saddle.
董は言って、手綱を引いた手を鞍頭にかけた。
2.We have some nice pommel just in from Yunnan.
雲南省から来たばかりのゆずです。
3.The vault is similar to the pommel horse but taller.
跳馬は鞍馬に似ているが、もう少し高いだけだ。
4.China 's world champion Xiao Qin won the pommel horse gold medal.