To hit or strike repeatedly, especially on the pommel (handle) or as if with a pommel.
From 'be-' intensifying 'pommel,' from Old French 'pomele.' A pommel is the rounded knob at the end of a sword hilt, and this verb means to pummel or beat.
This is one of those archaic words that sounds exactly like what it means—'bepommeled' soldiers would be beaten repeatedly during battle, and the word's harsh consonants almost sound like the strikes themselves.
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