pommel

Meaning

1. The upper front brow of a saddle.
2. A rounded knob or handle.
3. A rounded knob or handle.
4. A rounded knob or handle.
5. (obsolete) The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball.

knob

pummel

front axle

front axle shaft

pomel

Hyphenated as

pom‧mel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɒ.məl/

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 pōmum (“apple”). Compare French pommeau and Spanish pomo.