'Pommel' definitions:
Definition of 'pommel'
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Definition of 'Pommel'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pommel'
From: GCIDE
- Pommel \Pom"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pommeledor 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.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pommel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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