English

Pronunciation

• enPR: -lā, IPA^(key): /-leɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ, -æleɪ

Noun

Mallet ‎(plural Mallets)

1. A type of articulated locomotive, in which there are two powered trucks, with the rear truck being rigidly attached to the main body and boiler of the locomotive, while the front powered truck is attached to the rear by a hinge, so that it may swing from side to side, and with the front end of the boiler resting upon a sliding bearing on the swinging front truck.

External links

• Mallet locomotive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Cryptographic scenarios use archetypal characters with standard names chosen to remember their role: Mallet was derived from "malicious" and "man-in-the-middle attack", as well as a mallet.

Proper noun

Mallet

1. (cryptography) Often the malicious party in examples of threat scenarios (synonym: Mallory). See Alice and Bob.
   • 1994, Bruce Schneier, Applied Cryptography, ISBN 9780471597568, p. 44:

     Even if Alice and Bob's public keys are stored on a datavase, this attack will work. Mallet can intercept Alice's database inquiry, and substitute his own public key for Alice's. He can do the same to Bob.

External links

• Alice and Bob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

A rubber mallet

Noun

mallet ‎(plural mallets)

1. A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.

   Carpenters use mallets for assembling.

2. A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 51:

     The Mallet of arms, according to the representation of it given by Father Daniel, exactly resembles the wooden instrument of that name, now in use, except in the length of the handle, it was like the hammer of arms, to be used with both hands, indeed it differed very little from that weapon in its form.

3. A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments.
4. A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
5. The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.

Derived terms

• malleter
• Mallet (cryptography)

Translations

Verb

mallet ‎(third-person singular simple present mallets, present participle malleting, simple past and past participle malleted)

1. To strike with a mallet.

Related terms

• malleable
• malleate

Latin

Verb

māllet

1. third-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of mālō