Pommel

Noun

 * 1) The upper front brow of a saddle.
 * 2) Either of the rounded handles on a pommel horse.
 * 3) The knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword.

Derived terms

 * pommel horse

Verb

 * 1)  To pound or beat.

Thesaurus
bang, baste, bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bellyband, belt, birch, buffet, cane, cinch, club, cowhide, cudgel, cut, drub, flagellate, flail, flap, flog, fustigate, girt, girth, give a whipping, give the stick, hammer, horn, horsewhip, jockey, knock, knout, lace, lambaste, larrup, lash, lay on, maul, paste, patter, pelt, pistol-whip, pound, pulverize, pummel, rap, rawhide, scourge, sledgehammer, smite, spank, stirrup, strap, stripe, surcingle, swinge, switch, thrash, thresh, thump, trounce, truncheon, wallop, whale, whip, whop

Alternative forms

 * pummel

Etymology
From pomel:, from, presumedly via  pomellum:, the diminutive of  pomum:

Noun

 * Finnish: nuppi (satulassa tai miekan kahvassa)
 * French: pommeau
 * Portuguese: castão