Emily Dickinson Lexicon

POM'MEL, n. [Fr. pommeau; It. pomo, an apple; pomo della spada, the pommel of a hilt; Sp. pomo, L. pomum, an apple, or a similar fruit; W. pwmp, a round mass or lump.]

1. A knob or ball. – 2 Chron. iv.
2. The knob on the hilt of a sword; the protuberant part of a saddle-bow; the round knob on the frame of a chair, &c.