pommel

Meanings

Noun

• The upper front brow of a saddle.
• A rounded knob or handle.
• The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball.

Verb

• To pound or beat.

Origin

• From Middle English pomel, from Old French pomel and Medieval Latin pomellum, pumellum, presumedly via Vulgar Latin *pomellum, the diminutive of Late Latin pōmum. Compare French pommeau and Spanish pomo.