Pommel

pum′el, n. a knob or ball: the knob on a sword-hilt: the high part of a saddle-bow.— v.t. to beat as with a pommel, or with anything thick or heavy: to beat soundly: to bruise:— pr.p. pomm′elling; pa.t. and pa.p. pomm′elled. — adjs. Pomm′eled , Pomm′elled ( her. ), having a rounded knob ending in a smaller one; Pomm′etty , ending in a small knob, esp. of a cro —also Pomm′elé . [O. Fr. pomel (Fr. pommeau )—L. pomum , an apple.]