pommeling

Variant of pommel

pommel definition

pom·mel (päm′əl; for v. pum′əl)

noun

  1. the knob on the end of the hilt of some swords and daggers
  2. the rounded, upward-projecting front part of a saddle

Etymology: ME pomel < OFr dim. of pome, apple: see pome

transitive verb pommeled -·meled or pommelled -·melled, pommeling -·mel·ing or pommelling -·mel·ling

pummel

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