noun
- plural of pontil; iron rods used in glassmaking to hold and shape hot glass
Usage: glassmaking
Examples
- The glassblower carefully attached the pontils to the bottom of the vase.
- Several pontils hung from hooks near the furnace.
- The artisan used pontils to rotate the molten glass while shaping it.
- Old pontils were stored in the corner of the glass studio.
- The pontils left small marks on the finished glass pieces.