The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pommel \Pom"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pommeledor Pommelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pommeling or Pommelling.] To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists. [Written also pummel.]
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WordNet
n. a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse
handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle [syn: saddlebow]
an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger [syn: knob]
v. strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators" [syn: pummel, biff]
[also: pommelling, pommelled]
See pommel
Usage examples of "pommelled".
The students, decorated on the collar with a golden fleur-de-lis, pommelled each other over the King of Rome.
In this favourable position of affairs, Noah rose from the ground, and pommelled him behind.