| Pommel | n. [ OE. pomel, OF. pomel, F. pommeau, LL. pomellus, fr. L. pomum fruit, LL. also, an apple. See Pome. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pommel | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pommeled r Pommelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pommeling or Pommelling. ] To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists. [ Written also pummel. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |