pall mall

See also: Pall Mall

English

Alternative forms
  • pall-mall, palle maille

Etymology

From Old French pale-maille, from Italian pallamaglio (“ball-hammer”), from Latin palla and malleus.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpælˈmæl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌpælˈmæl/, /ˌpɛlˈmɛl/
  • Homophone: pell-mell (US)

Noun

pall mall (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A 17th-century game in which a ball was driven along an alley and through a hoop using a mallet.

See also
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