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pommeled

pommeled is the simple past and past participle of pommel.

Meaning of pommel

Verb

pommel (third-person singular simple present pommels, present participle (US) pommeling or (UK) pommelling, simple past and past participle (US) pommeled or (UK) pommelled)

  1. (transitive) To pound or beat.
    • The scaling him with chairs for ladders to dive into his pockets, despoil him of brown-paper parcels, hold on tight by his cravat, hug him round his neck, pommel his back, and kick his legs in irrepressible affection!1843, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

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Adjective

pommeled (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds, often) Having a pommel.
    • The early unadorned variety of ring-pommeled swords that dated to the fourth century and before has come to light in Paekche, but archaeologists have usually uncovered that type from Kaya and Silla.1998, Sacred Texts and Buried Treasures, page 74

Forms of pommeled

alternative formpommelled

Questions about pommeled

What does pommeled mean?
Pommeled means having a pommel.
What is pommeled the simple past and past participle of?
Pommeled is the simple past and past participle of pommel.
What part of speech is pommeled?
Pommeled is an adjective.

Words near pommeled in the dictionary

  1. pommees
  2. pommeis
  3. pommel
  4. pommel horse
  5. pommel horses
  6. pommeled
  7. pommeler
  8. pommelers
  9. pommeling
  10. pommelion
  11. pommelions

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