| 单词 | pall-mall |
| 释义 | pall-mall /pel"mel", pal"mal", pawl"mawl"/, 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. a playing alley on which this game was played. [1560-70; < MF pallemaille < It pallamaglio, equiv. to palla ball ( < Langobardic) + maglio MALLET ( < L malleus). See BALL1, MALL, MELL] |
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