different between pommel vs pomel

English

Alternative forms

• pummel

Etymology

From Middle English pomel, from Old French pomel and Medieval Latin pomellum, pumellum, presumedly via Vulgar Latin *pomellum (“ball, knob”), the diminutive of Late Latin p?mum (“apple”). Compare French pommeau and Spanish pomo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?.m?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?.m?l/
• Hyphenation: pom?mel
• Rhymes: -?m?l

Noun

pommel (plural pommels)

1. The upper front brow of a saddle.

   Synonyms: swell, fork

2. A rounded knob or handle.
   1. Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.
   2. The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword or dagger.

      Holonyms: haft, hilt
   3. A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
3. (sports, obsolete) The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball.

Derived terms

• pommel horse
• pommel foot
• pommel slicker

Translations

Verb

pommel (third-person singular simple present pommels, present participle pommelling or pommeling, simple past and past participle pommelled or pommeled)

1. (transitive) To pound or beat.

Derived terms

• bepommel
• pommeller

Related terms

• pummel

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pomelle, pumelle

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French pomel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pum?l/, /pu?m?l/

Noun

pomel (plural pomels)

1. pommel

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Descendants

• English: pommel
• Yola: pomeale, pomell

References

• “p?mel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

pom +? -el.

Noun

pomel m (oblique plural pomeaus or pomeax or pomiaus or pomiax or pomels, nominative singular pomeaus or pomeax or pomiaus or pomiax or pomels, nominative plural pomel)

1. decorate sphere on the end of a sword, a staff, etc.

Descendants

• ? English: pommel
• French: pommeau