POMMEL

I. noun Etymology: Middle English pomel, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *pomellum ball, knob, from diminutive of Latin pomum fruit Date: 14th century the knob on the hilt of a sword or saber, the protuberance at the front and top of a saddle, either of a pair of removable rounded or U-shaped handles used on the top of a ~ horse, II. transitive verb (-meled or -melled; -meling or ~ling) Etymology: 1~ Date: 1530 pummel