Pommel

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The top (of the head).

II. Pommel ·noun The knob on the hilt of a sword.

III. Pommel ·noun The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.

IV. Pommel ·noun A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.

V. Pommel ·noun A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form.

VI. Pommel ·vt To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists.