mallet

malletrubber mallet

mal·let

M0063000 (măl′ĭt)n.1. a. A short-handled hammer, usually with a cylindrical head of wood, used chiefly to drive a chisel or wedge.b. A similar tool with a rubber, leather, or plastic head, used to strike a surface without damaging it.2. Sports A long-handled implement used to strike a ball, as in croquet and polo.3. Music A light hammer with a rounded head for striking a percussion instrument.

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[Middle English mailet, mallet, from Old French maillet, diminutive of mail, maul; see maul.]

mallet

(ˈmælɪt) n1. (Tools) a tool resembling a hammer but having a large head of wood, copper, lead, leather, etc, used for driving chisels, beating sheet metal, etc2. (Croquet) a long stick with a head like a hammer used to strike the ball in croquet or polo3. (Polo) a long stick with a head like a hammer used to strike the ball in croquet or polo4. (Railways) chiefly US a very large powerful steam locomotive with a conventional boiler but with two separate articulated engine units[C15: from Old French maillet wooden hammer, diminutive of mail maul (n)]

mal•let

(ˈmæl ɪt)

n. 1. a hammerlike tool with an enlarged head, typically of wood, used for driving another tool, as a chisel, or for striking a surface without causing damage. 2. a light hammer used in playing a vibraphone, xylophone, etc. 3. the implement used to strike a ball in croquet or polo. [1375–1425; < Middle French =mail maul + -et -et]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mallet - a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ballcroquet mallet - a mallet used to strike the ball in croquetpolo mallet, polo stick - a mallet used to strike the ball in polosports implement - an implement used in a sport
	2.	mallet - a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.hammerdrumstick - a stick used for playing a drumpercussion instrument, percussive instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
	3.	mallet - a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothingbeetlecarpenter's mallet - a short-handled mallet with a wooden head used to strike a chisel or wedgegavel - a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judgehammer - a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

Translations

木槌槌棒球棍

mallet

(ˈmӕlit) noun1. a type of small wooden hammer. We hammered the tent pegs into the ground with a mallet. 木槌 木槌，槌棒 2. a long-handled wooden hammer for playing croquet or polo. 木製球棍 球棍