pall-mall

¹

[ pel-mel, pal-mal, pawl-mawl ]

noun

1. a game, popular in the 17th century, in which a ball of boxwood was struck with a mallet in an attempt to drive it through a raised iron ring at the end of a playing alley.
2. a playing alley on which this game was played.

Pall Mall

²

[ pal mal, pel mel ]

noun

1. a street in London, England, famed for its clubs.

Pall Mall

¹

/ ˈpæl ˈmæl /

noun

1. a street in central London, noted for its many clubs

pall-mall

²

/ ˈpælˈmæl /

noun

1. a game in which a ball is driven by a mallet along an alley and through an iron ring
2. the alley itself

Word History and Origins

Origin of pall-mall¹

1560–70; < Middle French pallemaille < Italian pallamaglio, equivalent to palla ball (< Langobardic ) + maglio mallet (< Latin malleus ). See ball ¹, mall, mell ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of pall-mall¹

C17: from obsolete French, from Italian pallamaglio, from palla ball + maglio mallet

Example Sentences

Thousands of spectators congregated in Pall Mall to see a display of some of the world's oldest and newest cars.

From BBC

After school, the camera follows him to the privacy of his car where he lights up a Pall Mall and crumbles, burned out by the job and the crush of having to care for ailing parents.

From Salon

The 1690s saw the arrival of White's in Mayfair, Saunders's and Ozinda's chocolate houses in St James's Street, and the Cocoa-Tree in Pall Mall.

From BBC

The maker of Lucky Strike and Pall Mall cigarettes says its smoking business in the US is dying out.

From BBC

A company spokesman said the brands affected were Camel, Natural American Spirit, Newport and Pall Mall.

From New York Times