Found 2 items, similar to pommel.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pommel pommel n 1: a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse 2: handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle [syn: saddlebow] 3: 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] [also: pommelling, pommelled]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pommel 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. [1913 Webster] Pommel \Pom"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pommeledor 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]