MALL

Definitions

1. 1. A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul. Addison.
2. 2. A heavy blow. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. 3. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall. Cotton.
4. 4. A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk. Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall. Southey.