Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pointal \Point"al\, n. [From {Point}: cf. F. pointal an upright
   wooden prop, OF. pointille a prick or prickle.]
   1. (Bot.) The pistil of a plant.

   2. A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the
      Middle Ages. ``A pair of tablets [i. e., tablets] . . .
      and a pointel.'' --Chaucer.

   3. (Arch.) See {Poyntel}. [Obs. or R.]