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单词 pommelion
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pommelionn.

Brit. /pɒˈmɛlɪən/, /pəˈmɛlɪən/, U.S. /pəˈmɛlj(ə)n/, /pəˈmɛliən/
Forms: 1700s pomellion, 1700s pomiglion, 1700s pummelion, 1800s pomelion, 1800s pommillion, 1800s– pommelion.
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pommel n.1
Etymology: Apparently < pommel n.1, with an apparently arbitrary extension.Perhaps originally a sailors' word: compare quot. 1769.
Now historical.
= pommel n.1 2e.
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1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Breeching The..cascabel of the gun..sailors call the pomiglion, or pummelion.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 232 It is formed with a cunt-splice in the middle, which passes over the pomiglion, or cascabel, of the gun.
1837 G. G. Macdougall tr. W. A. Graah E. Coast Greenland 74 The entire length of the gun, from muzzle to pommillion, was sixtyfive inches and a half.
1970 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (new ed.) ii. 63 The bow-chaser, neatly slung by its train-loops, side-loops, pommelion and muzzle, floated gently over the Sophie's fo'c'sle.
1998 P. O'Brian Hundred Days ii. 38 The seizing of the mid-breeching to the pommelion..told a knowing eye a great deal about the gun-crew.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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