Category:Pommel

Pom"mel, n. Etym: [oe. pomel, of. pomel, f. pommeau, ll. pomellus, Fr. L. pomum fruit, ll. also, an apple. See pome.]

Defn: 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.

Pommel Pom"mel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pommeled or pommelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pommeling or pommelling.]

Defn: to beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with Something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists. [written also Pummel.]