Point'el, n.

n. [From Eng. point. Cf. O. Fr. pointille, a prick or prickle.] 1. Something set on a point. These poises, or pointels, are, for the most part, little balls set at the top of a slender stalk, which they can move every way at pleasure. Derham.

2. A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the middle ages. Fairholt.
3. Cheek-work in paving floors. Halliwell.