pommel
noun
a knob, as on the hilt of a sword.
pommelling
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present participleof pommel.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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A bag stuffed with hay is so round that it is very difficult to keep upon it without rolling off, and there was much pommelling and flattening before the beds were at all tenable.
From The Madcap of the School by Balliol Salmon
In this kind of moral pommelling which sensitive women feel—as they do—how could I have indulged!
From The Gates Between by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
"Now you let her alone!" shouted Willie; and the next moment the two boys were rolling over on the piazza, pommelling each other, half in play, half in earnest.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 by Various
In my vexation I could have fallen on the "Jackdaw" and given him a good pommelling for having induced me to meddle with such an exceptionally lively "jumper" in school time.
From Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Harold Avery
As the clenched fist likewise somewhat resembles an apple, perhaps that might occasion the term pommelling to be applied to fisty-cuffs.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
