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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 48 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POMMEL (through O. Fr. pomel, from a diminutive pomellus of See also:Lat. pomum, See also:fruit, See also:apple)  , any rounded See also:object resembling an See also:apple, e.g. the rounded termination of a See also:saddle-See also:bow; in See also:architecture, any See also:round knob, as a See also:boss, See also:finial, &c.; more particularly the rounded end to the hilt of a See also:sword, See also:dagger or other See also:hand weapon, used to prevent the hand from slipping, and as a See also:balance to the blade . " See also:Pommel " is also a See also:term used of a piece of grooved See also:wood used in graining See also:leather . This word may be the same in origin, or more probably from Fr. paumelle, from paume, the hand, See also:palm .

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