Drop one and add one.... 6 letters..

[Steve North]

plumes

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Pummel

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

Pommel

The meaning of POMMEL is the knob on the hilt of a sword or saber

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Dommel (small river in Belgium and the Netherlands)

 

[Shirley Martin]

models

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Motels

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

Hotels

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Stoles (long scarfs)

 

[Steve North]

bloats

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

Gloats

 

[Shirley Martin]

atolls

 

[Jacqueline Lindt]

Lostly

 

[Madge Bumstead]

Mostly