† poˈmmelion Obs.
Forms: 8 pomiglion, pummelion, 9 pommillion, pomelion, pommelion.
[An unexplained extension of pommel in sense 3 b; said to be originally a sailors' word.]
A cascabel: = pommel n. 3 b.
| 1769 Falconer Dict. Marine (1789) H j, The..cascabel of the gun..sailors call the pomiglion, or pummelion. 1823 Crabb Technol. Dict., Pomelion, the cascabel, or hindmost knob of a cannon. 1837 Macdougall tr. Graah's E. Coast Greenland 74 The entire length of the gun, from muzzle to pommillion, was sixtyfive inches and a half. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Pommelion. |