POMMEL

knob, pommel

(noun) an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger

pommel, saddlebow

(noun) handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle

pommel

(noun) a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse

pummel, pommel, biff

(verb) strike, usually with the fist; “The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

pommel (plural pommels)

The upper front brow of a saddle.

Synonyms: swell, fork

A rounded knob or handle.

Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.

The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword or dagger.

Holonyms: haft, hilt

A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.

(sports, obsolete) The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball.

Verb

pommel (third-person singular simple present pommels, present participle pommeling or pommelling, simple past and past participle pommeled or pommelled)

(transitive) To pound or beat.

Source: Wiktionary

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Pom"mel, n. Etym: [OE. pomel, OF. pomel, F. pommeau, LL. pomellus, fr. L. pomum fruit, LL. also, an apple. See Pome.]

Definition: A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form; as: (a) The knob on the hilt of a sword. Macaulay. (b) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow. (c) The top (of the head). Chaucer. (d) A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.

Pom"mel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pommeled or Pommelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pommeling or Pommelling.]

Definition: To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists. [Written also pummel.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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