[ pal'mal ]
■ noun a 16th- and 17th-century game in which a ball was driven through an iron ring suspended at the end of a long alley.
Origin
from obs. Fr. pallemaille , from Ital. pallamaglio , from palla 'ball' + maglio 'mallet'.
[ pal'mal ]
■ noun a 16th- and 17th-century game in which a ball was driven through an iron ring suspended at the end of a long alley.
Origin
from obs. Fr. pallemaille , from Ital. pallamaglio , from palla 'ball' + maglio 'mallet'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004