POMMEL HORSE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A 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

Synonyms:

pommel horse; side horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pommel horse" is a kind of...):

gymnastic horse; horse (a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs)

Meronyms (parts of "pommel horse"):

pommel (a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse)

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