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单词 pommé
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pomméadj.

Brit. /pɒˈmeɪ/, U.S. /pɑˈmeɪ/
Forms: 1600s pommeè, 1700s pomme, 1700s pommee, 1700s pommey, 1700s– pommé, 1800s pomee, 1900s– pommy.
Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French pommé.
Etymology: Apparently < Middle French pommé (1581 in an apparently isolated use in this sense; compare Middle French, French pommé (of the head of cabbage or lettuce) rounded and compact: see pome v.). Use in the heraldic sense was probably reinforced by association with earlier pommelly adj., pometty adj.The following use as noun is apparently by confusion with pome n.1 2:1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 264/1 Pommé, a roundel vert, representing an apple.
Heraldry.
Of a cross: having the limbs ending in knobs like the pommels of sword hilts.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > other heraldic representations > [adjective] > having or terminating in knobs
pommelly1494
botony1562
pometty1572
bourdonnée1612
pommé1612
pommelled1688
1612 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise iii. 153 A crosse Pateè, Pommeè [etc.].
1725 J. Coats New Dict. Heraldry (rev. ed.) at Pommettée A Cross Pommettée is certainly the same above call'd Pommee and Pommelee.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A Cross-Pomme, or Pommette, call'd also a Trophee, is a Cross with a Ball or Knob at each End.
1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) iv. 60 A Cross, the limbs of which are terminated by a single ball, is termed a Cross Pommé, or Pommellé.
1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 264/1 Pommé, cross, a cross humetty having a circular terminal to each limb.
2004 Re: Republican Senatorial Medal of Freedom in alt.talk.royalty (Usenet newsgroup) 28 Aug. Congressional Space Medal of Honour—five pointed enamelled star. Brevet Medal (Marines)—four armed bronze cross pommé.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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