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Webster 1913 Edition
Pall-mall
Pallˊ-mall′
,Noun.
[OF.
palemail
, It. pallamagio
; palla
a ball (of German origin, akin to E. ball
) + magio
hammer, fr. L. malleus
. See 1st Ball
, and Mall
a beetle.] A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called
Pall Mall
. [Written also
pail-mail
and pell-mell
.] Sir K. Digby.
Evelyn.