pommel horse

noun

An apparatus for gymnastic exercises with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright pommels, as hand grips, near the centre; held upright with adjustable legs.

Similar
side horse
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Meanings

nounpommel horse (plural pommel horses)

plural pommel horses

  1. An apparatus for gymnastic exercises with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright pommels, as hand grips, near the centre; held upright with adjustable legs.
  2. An athletic event in which the pommel horse is used.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna gymnastic horse with a cylindrical body covered with leather and two upright handles (pommels) near the center; held upright by two steel supports, one at each end

Similar
side horse
Broader
horsegymnastic horse
Also see
horseside horse

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian кон
  • кон (kon)gymnastic apparatus
Catalan cavall de salts
  • cavall de saltsgymnastic apparatus
Chinese Mandarin 鞍馬 /鞍马, 鞍馬 /鞍马
  • 鞍馬 /鞍马 (ānmǎ)gymnastic apparatus
  • 鞍馬 /鞍马 (ānmǎ)athletic event
Dutch paard, paard
  • paardgymnastic apparatus
  • paardathletic event
Finnish hevonen, hevonen
  • hevonengymnastic apparatus
  • hevonenathletic event
French cheval d'arçons
  • cheval d'arçonsgymnastic apparatus
German Seitpferd, Pauschenpferd
  • Seitpferdgymnastic apparatus
  • Pauschenpferdgymnastic apparatus
  • Seitpferdathletic event
  • Pauschenpferdathletic event
Greek ίππος
  • ίππος (íppos)gymnastic apparatus
Hungarian ló, lólengés
  • lógymnastic apparatus
  • lólengésathletic event
Japanese 鞍馬, 鞍馬
  • 鞍馬 (anba)gymnastic apparatus
  • 鞍馬 (anba)athletic event
Korean 안마, 안마
  • 안마 (anma)gymnastic apparatus
  • 안마 (anma)athletic event
Norwegian Bokmål bøylehest, bøylehest
  • bøylehestgymnastic apparatus
  • bøylehestathletic event
Polish kozioł, koń
  • koziołgymnastic apparatus
  • końgymnastic apparatus
  • koziołathletic event
  • końathletic event
Portuguese cavalo com arções, cavalo de arções
  • cavalo com arçõesgymnastic apparatus
  • cavalo de arçõesgymnastic apparatus
  • cavalo com alçasgymnastic apparatus
Russian конь, козёл
  • конь (konʹ)gymnastic apparatus
  • козёл (kozjól)gymnastic apparatus
Spanish caballete
  • caballetegymnastic apparatus
Swedish bygelhäst
  • bygelhästgymnastic apparatus
Turkish kulplu beygir
  • kulplu beygirgymnastic apparatus
Cite this entry
APA

pommel horse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pommel%20horse

MLA

“pommel horse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pommel%20horse. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pommel horse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pommel%20horse.

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