PALL-MALL


Meaning of PALL-MALL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpel-ˈmel, ˌpal-ˈmal, US often ]

ˌpȯl-ˈmȯl noun

Etymology: Middle French pallemaille, from Italian pallamaglio, from palla ball (of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German balla ball) + maglio mallet, from Latin malleus — more at ball , maul

Date: 1598

: a 17th century game in which each player attempts to drive a wooden ball with a mallet down an alley and through a raised ring in as few strokes as possible ; also : the alley in which it is played

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.