Pommelled

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pommel \Pom"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pommeled}or {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}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pommel
       n 1: a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on
            a pommel horse
       2: handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle [syn: {saddlebow}]
       3: 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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pommelled
       See {pommel}