Pomada. An exercise of vaulting the wooden horse, by laying one hand over the pommel of the saddle.
Pomerania. A province of Prussia, bounded north by the Baltic, east by West Prussia, south by Brandenburg, and west by the Mecklenburg duchies. It was held by the Poles, 980, and by Denmark, 1210; made an independent duchy, 1479; occupied by the Swedes in the Thirty Years’ War, and divided between Sweden and Brandenburg, 1648. The Swedish part, awarded to Denmark in 1814, was given up to Prussia for Lauenburg, 1815.
Pomerium. In ancient architecture, that space of ground which lay between the walls of a fortified town and the inhabitants’ houses. The term is still used among modern architects, particularly by the Italians, to describe the breadth of the terre-plein of the rampart, its inward talus, and the vacant space which is usually left between this talus and the houses of the town.
Pomfret. See [Pontefract].
Pomme. In heraldry, a bearing or device representing, or in the form of, an apple.
Pommee. In heraldry, having the ends terminating in rounded protuberances resembling apples;—said of crosses.
Pommel. The knob on the hilt of a sword. Also the protuberant part of a saddle-bow.
Pommeled, or Pommelled. In heraldry, furnished or mounted, with one or more pommels, as a sword, dagger, or the like.
Pommelion. The cascabel, or hindmost knob of a cannon.
Pompon. A tuft of wool, sometimes worn by soldiers on the top of the hat in front, instead of a feather.