pommel

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

Alternative spellings

• pummel

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒməl

Etymology

From pomel, from , presumedly via pomellum, the diminutive of pomum

Noun

1. The upper front brow of a saddle.
2. Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.
3. The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword.

Derived terms

• pommel horse

Translations

• Finnish: nuppi (satulassa tai miekan kahvassa)
• French: pommeau
• Portuguese: castão

Verb

1. To pound or beat.

Pommel may refer to:

• Pommel (saddle), the slightly raised area at the front of a saddle
• Pommel (sword), the handle of a sword
• Pommel horse, an artistic gymnastics apparatus

See also

• Pummel

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