Synonyms:
pummel, pommel, biff
Meaning: strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"
Usage examples
Captain Baumgarten stamped with his feet, tore down curtains, and struck with the pommel of his sword.
Fortunately, the lad gripped the pommel with his right hand as he felt himself going, and little by little he pulled himself once more to an upright posture.
On the contrary, he was sitting stooped in the saddle, his breast bent down to the pommel, and his eyes actively engaged in reading the ground, over which he was guiding his horse.
And when she arose she made great dole out of measure, the which sorrow grieved Balin passingly sore, and he went unto her for to have taken the sword out of her hand, but she held it so fast he might not take it out of her hand unless he should have hurt her, and suddenly she set the pommel to the ground, and rove herself through the body.