transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpʌml ]
n. & v. --n. 1 a knob, esp. at the end of a sword-hilt. 2 the upward projecting front part of a saddle. --v.tr. (pommelled, pommelling; US pommeled, pommeling) = PUMMEL. øpommel horse a vaulting horse fitted with a pair of curved handgrips . [ME f. OF pomel f. Rmc pomellum (unrecorded), dimin. of L pomum fruit, apple]