pommel horse

pommel horse

English

A gymnast on the pommel horse

Noun

pommel horse (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.

Related terms

• vaulting horse

Translations

gymnastic apparatus

Catalan: cavall de salts m Dutch: paard (nl) n Finnish: hevonen (fi) French: cheval d'arçons (fr) m German: Seitpferd (de) n, Pauschenpferd (de) n Greek: ίππος (el) m (íppos) Hungarian: ló (hu) Japanese: 鞍馬 (あんば, anba)

Norwegian: Bokmål: bøylehest (no) m Nynorsk: bøylehest m Polish: kozioł (pl) m, koń (pl) m Russian: конь (ru) m (konʹ), козёл (ru) m (kozjól) Spanish: caballete (es) m Turkish: kulplu beygir

athletic event

Dutch: paard (nl) n Finnish: hevonen (fi) German: Seitpferd (de) n, Pauschenpferd (de) n Hungarian: lólengés

Japanese: 鞍馬 (あんば, anba) Norwegian: Bokmål: bøylehest (no) m Nynorsk: bøylehest m