pommel
noun
a knob, as on the hilt of a sword.
pommeled
Example Sentences
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Illinois pommeled Northwestern, 7-6; Minnesota bewildered Iowa, 38-0.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the attempt, My Philadelphia Father got pommeled and knocked about like one of Biddle's sparring partners, and Biddle himself at times got kept out of sight in his corner.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bud and Mel had the advantage of surprise, and soon pommeled and grappled their foes into submission.
From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Charles Brey
The workmen, seeing the reinforcements, beat a retreat, carrying their sadly pommeled comrades with them, but their insulting language was not restricted until they had passed out of hearing.
From Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
And after I had pommeled off the two pounds she'd gained at a twelve-course dinner the night before, she begins to tell me of her charities.
From The Shadow by Mary White Ovington
