pommel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pommel	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pommel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pommel n a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle Synonym(s): pommel, saddlebow an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger Synonym(s): knob, pommel v strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators" Synonym(s): pummel, pommel, biff
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}.]