The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn vocabulary

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pommel

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Definition:
A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form; as:
(a) The knob on the hilt of a sword.
(b) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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He had his gun across his pommel.

Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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We were on horseback, myself mounted before my captor, with hands tied to the pommel,

Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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He had a large knife strapped to one leg and carried a rifle lightly across the pommel of his saddle.

Larry McMurtry. Lonesome Dove (1985)
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