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