pomel

Middle English

Noun

pomel

1. pommel

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pomel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Old French

Etymology

pom +‎ -el.

Noun

pomel oblique singular, 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