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pall-mall
pall-mall P0156900 (pĕl′mĕl′, păl′măl′, pôl′môl′)n.1. A game of the 1600s in which a boxwood ball was struck with a mallet to drive it through an iron ring suspended at the end of an alley.2. The alley in which this game was played.
[Obsolete French pallemaille, from Italian pallamaglio : palla, ball (of Germanic origin; see bhel- in Indo-European roots) + maglio, mallet (from Latin malleus; see melə- in Indo-European roots).]pall-mall (ˈpælˈmæl) n1. (Team Sports, other than specified) a game in which a ball is driven by a mallet along an alley and through an iron ring2. (Team Sports, other than specified) the alley itself[C17: from obsolete French, from Italian pallamaglio, from palla ball + maglio mallet]pall-mall (ˈpɛlˈmɛl, ˈpælˈmæl, ˈpɔlˈmɔl)
n. 1. a game, popular in the 17th century, in which a ball of boxwood was struck with a mallet in an attempt to drive it through a raised iron ring at the end of a playing alley. 2. the playing alley. [1560–70; < Middle French pallemaille < Italian pallamaglio=palla ball1 (< Langobardic) + maglio mallet (< Latin malleus)] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | pall-mall - a 17th century game; a wooden ball was driven along an alley with a malletgame - a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game" |
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