Pommel

Same as: pummel

1.

A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form

2.

The knob on the hilt of a sword.

3.

The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.

4.

The top (of the head).

5.

A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.

1.

(TRANSITIVE) To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists.