Wiktionary
n. 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.
WordNet
n. a 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 [syn: side horse]
Wikipedia
The pommel horse (also side horse) is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. Traditionally, it is used by only male gymnasts. Originally made of a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover, modern pommel horses have a metal body covered with foam rubber and leather, with plastic handles (or pommels).
Usage examples of "pommel horse".
Gripping the bannister like a pommel horse, he vaulted over the railing and onto the lower stairs, covering the two flights in a single fluid motion.
I moved to the center of the room, lightly touching a padded pommel horse and looking inquiringly at him.
Now to find out if the training I've been doing on the pommel horse pays off, he thought, and bounded up to throw a leg over the eeookk's back.
Using the fence post like a pommel horse he vaulted instantly sideways.
She felt that if she had the chance or the desire she might even excel once more on the beam or the uneven bars or the pommel horse.
He faked another low-line kick and leapt high, whipping an overhand right to crash the handle of his lightsaber onto the top of a third's head hard enough to drive him to his knees, then used him like a pommel horse, vaulting his legs high for a double kick that flattened the fourth like he'd been shot with a bowcaster.
They would have come in and used the parallel bars or the pommel horse, and in the process they would have shared some funny stories with him—.