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 (ja) (あんば, anba)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bøylehest (no) m

  Nynorsk: bøylehest m

• Polish: kozioł (pl) m, koń (pl) m
• Portuguese: cavalo com arções m (Portugal), cavalo de arções m (Portugal), cavalo com alças m (Brazil)
• Russian: конь (ru) m (konʹ), козёл (ru) m (kozjól)
• Spanish: caballete (es) m
• Swedish: bygelhäst (sv) c
• Turkish: kulplu beygir

athletic event

• Dutch: paard (nl) n
• Finnish: hevonen (fi)
• German: Seitpferd (de) n, Pauschenpferd (de) n
• Hungarian: lólengés (hu)
• Japanese: 鞍馬 (ja) (あんば, anba)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bøylehest (no) m

  Nynorsk: bøylehest m