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A mallet for striking a ball; spec. a mallet used in the game of pall-mall. Obsolete.
the mallet used in the game of pall-mall (cf. beetle, n.1).
The mallet (cf. maul, n.1 2) used in the game of ‘mall’ or ‘pall-mall’. Cf. pall-mall, n. 1.
Games. The long-handled wooden hammer used for striking the balls in croquet, (formerly) †pall-mall, or polo (obsolete); also (with modifying…