Pommel

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pom + mel
• Rhymes: -É’mÉ™l

Alternative forms

• pummel

Origin

From Middle English pomel, from Middle French, presumedly via Vulgar Latin pomellum ("ball, knob"), the diminutive of Late Latin pomum ("apple")

Full definition of pommel

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.
4. A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.

Derived terms

• pommel horse

Holonyms

• haft, hilt

Verb

1. (transitive) To pound or beat.
• 1851, Herman Melville, ,I will not say as schoolboys do to bullies—Take some one of your own size; don’t pommel me! No, ye’ve knocked me down, and I am up again; but ye have run and hidden.