Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pommel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pommel \Pom"mel\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pommel \Pom"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pommeled}or {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}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pommel
n 1: handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle [syn: {saddlebow}]
2: an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or
dagger [syn: {knob}]
v : strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the
demonstrators" [syn: {pummel}, {biff}]
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