† pummetn.

Forms: 1500s pummetes (plural).

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French pommette.

Etymology: Apparently spec. use of Middle French pommette ball-shaped object (late 14th cent.; the spec. English sense is apparently not paralleled in French), transferred use of pommette little apple (c1140 in Anglo-Norman as pumete ; < pume apple (see pome n.¹) + -ete -ette suffix).

Obsolete. rare.

A ball used in the game of troll-madam.

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pummet1572

bagatelle-ball1836

pinball1942

1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 12 They [sc. Ladies] may haue in the ende of a Benche, eleuen holes made, intoo the which to trowle pummetes, or Bowles of leade, bigge, little, or meane, or also, of Copper, Tynne, Woode, eyther vyolent or softe, after their owne discretion; the pastyme Troule in Madame is termed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	pummet
释义	† pummetn. Forms: 1500s pummetes (plural). Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French pommette. Etymology: Apparently spec. use of Middle French pommette ball-shaped object (late 14th cent.; the spec. English sense is apparently not paralleled in French), transferred use of pommette little apple (c1140 in Anglo-Norman as pumete ; < pume apple (see pome n.¹) + -ete -ette suffix). Obsolete. rare. A ball used in the game of troll-madam. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > bagatelle and similar games > [noun] > ball pummet1572 bagatelle-ball1836 pinball1942 1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 12 They [sc. Ladies] may haue in the ende of a Benche, eleuen holes made, intoo the which to trowle pummetes, or Bowles of leade, bigge, little, or meane, or also, of Copper, Tynne, Woode, eyther vyolent or softe, after their owne discretion; the pastyme Troule in Madame is termed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1572
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