Definition of pommel

• n. - A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form
• n. - The knob on the hilt of a sword.
• n. - The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.
• n. - The top (of the head).
• n. - A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
• v. t. - To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists.