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  • noun Plural form of pommel.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pommel.

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Examples

  • After all, when you have eighty-four gold enamelled sword pommels, who's going to miss one?

    Staffordshire Hoard Carla 2009

  • Wei Dao hissed a command, and sword pommels began to hammer at the wall.

    The Veiled Dragon Denning, Troy 1996

  • The treasure - which includes a large number of sword pommels and hilt plates as well as a quantity of silver - has been hailed as "a fantastically important discovery" which will redefine perceptions of Anglo-Saxon England.

    unknown title 2009

  • Tentatively identified by some experts as bounty from one of the wars that racked Middle England in the seventh and eighth centuries, they included sword pommels and dagger hilts, scabbard bosses and helmet cheekpieces, Christian crosses and figures of animals, eagles and fish.

    Starbulletin Headlines 2009

  • The haul comprises 1,600 items including sword pommels, helmet parts and processional crosses.

    BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition 2009

  • Tentatively identified by some experts as bounty from one of the wars that racked Middle England in the seventh and eighth centuries, they included sword pommels and dagger hilts, scabbard bosses and helmet cheekpieces, Christian crosses and figures of animals, eagles and fish.

    Starbulletin Headlines 2009

  • The treasure - which includes a large number of sword pommels and hilt plates as well as a quantity of silver - has been hailed as "a fantastically important discovery" which will redefine perceptions of Anglo-Saxon England.

    unknown title 2009

  • It comprises 1,600 items including sword pommels, helmet parts and processional crosses.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2009

  • Meanwhile it was a great day for England's gymnasts as Imogen Cairns took gold on the vault, Max Whitlock won silver on the pommels, and Reiss Beckford took silver on the floor.

    Commonwealth Games 2010 live blog: 7 October Anna Kessel 2010

  • Across their pommels were long - barrelled rifles.

    Chapter 12 2010

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