•knop aan het uiteinde van het gevest van een zwaard of dolk, die het zwaartepunt van het hele wapen dichter bij de hand te brengt en het zo beter hanteerbaar maakt
köken: From Middle High German knouf, from Old High German knouf, from Proto-Germanic *knaupaz, one of several kn- words related to *knuttô (“knot”). Cognate with Dutch knoop. Also related with German Knopf, Dutch knop and further with German Knubbel, Dutch knobbel, English knob.
knob, pommel (rounded protuberance or handle) · cascabel (knob at the end of a cannon, to which ropes are attached in order to control recoil) · truck (ball on top of a flagpole)
button (a knob or disc that is passed through a loop or buttonhole, serving as a fastener) · button, push-button (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism) · button (on-screen control)