PALL-MALL


Meaning of PALL-MALL in English

[ 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'.

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