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/
Rhymes: -æl
Homophone: pell-mell (US)

Noun

pall mall (uncountable)

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

See also

Pall mall (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
The Mall
pell-mell

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