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DictionarypommelRounded knob
noun

pommel

PAH-mul/ˈpɑːml/

A rounded knob at the front of a saddle or the end of a handle.

The rounded pommel sits at the sword handle's end opposite the blade.

Closeup of a historically plausible sword hilt with its rounded pommel clearly prominent at the end opposite the blade, no hand obscuring knob, no writing.
Etymology
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A pommel is literally a “little apple,” named for its roundness. That shape connects the fruit image to the rounded knob on a sword handle or the front of a saddle.

In context

scholagladiatoria3:16
outer edge of the wheel pommel here conflicts with the heel of the hand when holding it so when you perform a cut and extend and cast out the sword
You don't like Wheel Pommels or Viking Sword Hilts? Git Gud

More examples

  • The sword has a round brass pommel below the grip.
  • He rests one hand on the saddle's pommel.
  • The two daggers have matching silver pommels.

Forms

pommel · pommels

Similar words

knob
A general rounded projection, not specifically on saddles or handles.