Definition for POMME, or POM'METTE

POMME, or POM'METTE, n.

In heraldry, [never occur alone, but only in union with cross; as, a cross pomme, a cross of which the ends terminate in three half circlets resembling apples. There are several crosses of various forms, as, the cross moline, the cross patonce. – E. H. B.]

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