Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Martel \Mar"tel\, v. i. [F. marteler, fr. martel, marteau,
   hammer, a dim. fr. L. martulus, marculus, dim. of marcus
   hammer. Cf. {March} to step.]
   To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer. [Obs.] --Spenser.