pommelé, -e, adj., dappled, mottled; cloudy (with dappled clouds). Cheval gris-—; dapple-gray horse.
se pommeler (po-m-lé), v.r., to become dappled. Le ciel s’est pommelé; the sky has become dappled.
pommelle, n.f., roller-bolt (of carriages); grating (of pipes); drain-pipe; strainer.
pommer, v.n., (hort.) to cabbage, to grow to a round head.
pommeraie (po-mrê), n.f., apple-orchard.
pommette, n.f., pommel, knob, ball; cheek-bone.
pommier, n.m., apple-tree; apple-roaster.
pomoyer, v.n., (nav.) to underrun (cables).
pompe, n.f., pomp; splendor; ceremony, state; dignity, majesty. Marcher en grande —; to march in great state. — funèbre; funeral pomp. — du style; loftiness of style. Entrepreneur de —s funèbres; undertaker.
pompe, n.f., pump. Piston d’une —; plug, sucker, of a pump. — à feu; steam-pump. — aspirante; suction-pump. — à incendie; fire-engine. — à vapeur; steam-pump or engine. — d’arrosement; watering-engine, garden engine. —s funèbres; funerals, burials. La — est haute; the pump sucks. La — se décharge; the pump has lost water. — à bière; beer-engine. À la —; on draught. À la —! (nav.) pump ship, ho!