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† 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.
1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789) H j, The..cascabel of the gun..sailors call the pomiglion, or pummelion. 1823Crabb Technol. Dict., Pomelion, the cascabel, or hindmost knob of a cannon. 1837Macdougall tr. Graah's E. Coast Greenland 74 The entire length of the gun, from muzzle to pommillion, was sixtyfive inches and a half. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Pommelion. |