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Pommel

Pommel Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pommel? [n] an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger [n] handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle [v] strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pommel: biff \| knob \| pummel \| saddlebow Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pommel: bang \| baste \| bastinado \| batter \| beat \| belabor \| bellyband \| belt \| birch \| buffet \| cane \| cinch \| club \| cowhide \| cudgel \| cut \| drub \| flagellate \| flail \| flap \| flog \| fustigate \| girt \| girth \| give a whipping \| give the stick \| hammer \| horn \| horsewhip \| jockey \| knock \| knout \| lace \| lambaste \| larrup \| lash \| lay on \| maul \| paste \| patter \| pelt \| pistol-whip \| pound \| pulverize \| pummel \| rap \| rawhide \| scourge \| sledgehammer \| smite \| spank \| stirrup \| strap \| stripe \| surcingle \| swinge \| switch \| thrash \| thresh \| thump \| trounce \| truncheon \| wallop \| whale \| whip \| whop See Also \| decoration \| grip \| handgrip \| handle \| hilt \| hit \| hold \| horn \| ornament \| ornamentation \| saddle \| saddle horn Pommel In Webster's Dictionary \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. \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}.]

Pommel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pommel?

[n] an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger
[n] handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle
[v] strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pommel: biff | knob | pummel | saddlebow

Pommel In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\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}.]

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