pommel horse

noun

1

: a gymnastics apparatus for swinging and balancing feats that consists of a padded rectangular or cylindrical form with two pommels on the top and that is supported in a horizontal position above the floor

2

: an event in which the pommel horse is used

Illustration of pommel horse

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Examples of pommel horse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Another standout scene features Floyd, who looks like a soft, somewhat ungainly middle-aged man, suddenly getting on a pommel horse and doing something extraordinary. — Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Also on the five-man team are Kameron Nelson and pommel horse specialist Patrick Hoopes, with veteran Yul Moldauer the traveling alternate. — Nancy Armour, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Rather than don stirrup pants — long the de facto uniform on events like pommel horse — Richard opted for shorts with white compression leggings underneath. — Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

Patrick Hoopes won bronze in pommel horse at the World Gymnastics Championships in Indonesia last week. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 31 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for pommel horse

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