pommel horse
Word forms: pommel horses
countable noun
A pommel horse is a tall piece of gymnastic equipment for jumping over.
regional note: in BRIT, also use horse, vaulting horse pommel horse in British English
noun
gymnastics
a type of vaulting horse fitted with two curved handles, used for swinging and vaulting exercises
pommel horse in American English
Gymnastics
1.
a piece of equipment consisting of a horse (sense 9) with two U-shaped or rounded handles on top, used for acrobatic routines
2.
an event in which a male gymnast performs a routine on such a horse
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Word lists withpommel horse
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- torcular
- tordion
- tore
- to reach an agreement
- to reach an impasse
- to reach for the brass ring
- to reach new heights
- to reach or touch or hit rock-bottom
- to reach out for sth
- to react against sth
- to react (with)
- to read between the lines
- toreador
- toreador pants
- to read sb's mind
- to-read-someones-mind
- to read sth into sb's remarks
- to read sth in translation
- to realize that ...
- to rear its ugly head rear its head
- to rear/raise its ugly head
- to reason with sb
- to recharge your batteries
- to reckon without sb/sth