pommel

(pŭm'əl, pŏm'-)
tr.v., -meled, also -melled, -mel·ing, -mel·ling, -mels, -mels.
To beat; pummel.

n.

1. The upper front part of a saddle; a saddlebow.
2. Either of the two rounded handles on top of a pommel horse.
3. A knob on the hilt of a sword or similar weapon.

[From Middle English pomel, a pommel, from Old French, diminutive of pom, ball, fruit, from Latin pōmum, fruit.]

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Protuberant knob on a sword hilt, frequently decorated with inlay or semi-precious stones.

The high part at the front of the seat of the riding saddle.

For a list of words related to pommel, see:

• Blades, Clubs, and Projectiles - pommel: knob on hilt of sword

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - saddelknap, bom, sværdkamp
v. tr. - banke, dunke, ryste

Nederlands (Dutch)
knop aan een stok, zadelknop, handvat van gymnastiekbok, in elkaar rammen

Français (French)
n. - pommeau, poignée
v. tr. - battre/rosser (qn), marteler

Deutsch (German)
n. - Knauf, Sattelknopf
v. - einschlagen auf

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σφαίρωμα λαβής (ξίφους κ.λπ.), διακοσμητικό πόμολο
v. - γρονθοκοπώ, κοπανίζω

Italiano (Italian)
pomello, prendere a pugni

Português (Portuguese)
n. - botão do punho da espada (m), maçaneta (f), parte mais alta da sela
v. - esmurrar

Русский (Russian)
лука (седла), головка (рукоятки шпаги), колотить

Español (Spanish)
n. - pomo, perilla
v. tr. - aporrear

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svärd-, sadelknapp
v. - puckla på ngn

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
剑柄的圆球, 鞍马的鞍环, 马鞍的鞍桥, 打, 用拳头连续打

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 劍柄的圓球, 鞍馬的鞍環, 馬鞍的鞍橋
v. tr. - 打, 用拳頭連續打

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 칼자루의 끝, 안장의 앞머리
v. tr. - 칼자루 끝으로 치다, 주먹으로 연달아 때리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 前橋, つか頭
v. - つか頭で打つ, したたかになぐる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الرمانه : العجرة المدورة, القربوس, : قسم من السرج مقوس, (فعل) يضرب, يلكم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גולת-הניצב (בחרב), חרטום האוכף, תפוס‬
v. tr. - ‮הכה, הלם, חבט‬

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