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Definition of Pommel
1. Noun. A handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse.
2. Verb. Strike, usually with the fist. "The fighter managed to pommel his opponent"; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"
3. Noun. Handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle.
Generic synonyms: Grip, Handgrip, Handle, Hold
Specialized synonyms: Horn, Saddle Horn
Group relationships: Saddle
4. Noun. An ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger.
Definition of Pommel
1. n. A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form
2. v. t. To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists.
Definition of Pommel
1. Noun. The upper front brow of a saddle. ¹
2. Noun. Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse. ¹
3. Noun. The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To pound or beat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pommel
1. to strike with the fists [v -MELED, -MELING, -MELS or -MELLED, -MELLING, -MELS]
Medical Definition of Pommel
1. A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form; as: The knob on the hilt of a sword. The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow. The top (of the head). A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion. Origin: OE. Pomel, OF. Pomel, F. Pommeau, LL. Pomellus, fr. L. Pomum fruit, LL. Also, an apple. See Pome. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pommel
Literary usage of Pommel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Meols; Or, Some Account of the Antiquities Found Near Dove Point, on by Abraham Hume (1863)
"In another instance, a pommel of iron was discovered, but, though of such ...
Iron pommel—Seen Vertically. One of these knife-like or dagger-like swords, ..."
2. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1866)
"A broken umbo and a bronze sword pommel.1 1 [The sword-pommel of which an engraving
is annexed was also found in one of this year's graves, ..."
3. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1866)
"A broken umbo and a bronze sword pommel.1 1 [The sword-pommel of which an engraving
is annexed was also found in one of this year's graves, ..."
4. Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Works of Art, from the Byzantine by Ralph Bernal (1855)
"... and chased pommel and triangular blade 2284 Another, the cup hilt pierced and
chased with scrolls, with cross guard and swept hilt, the pommel pierced ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"To NYSE, pa To beat, to pommel; word used among boys, Loth. Perhap* radically
the same with AW. V. K sua ». To NYTE, vn To deny ; prêt. nyt. ..."
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