[ mal , mɔ:l , mɒl ]
■ noun
1》 a large enclosed shopping area from which traffic is excluded.
2》 a sheltered walk or promenade.
3》 historical another term for pall-~ .
↘a pall-~ alley.
Origin
C17 (in sense 3): prob. a shortening of pall-~ ; sense 2 from The Mall , a walk in St James's Park, London, former site of a pall-~ alley.