Pommel /(?)/

Pom·mel

Pommel

n.
  1. A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form

Pommel

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Pommeled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pommeling

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