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.
Phrases and idioms:
pommel horse a vaulting horse fitted with a pair of curved handgrips .
Etymology: ME f. OF pomel f. Rmc pomellum (unrecorded), dimin. of L pomum fruit, apple