Pall-mall Definition
pĕlmĕl, pălmăl, pôlmôl
noun
An old game in which a boxwood ball was struck by a mallet through an iron ring hung at the end of an alley.
Webster's New World
The alley in which this game was played.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A fashionable street in Westminster, leading from Trafalgar Square, via the Haymarket, to St James; it is the home of many select gentlemen's clubs.
Wiktionary
Origin of Pall-mall
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Obsolete French pallemaille from Italian pallamaglio palla ball (of Germanic origin bhel-2 in Indo-European roots) maglio mallet (from Latin malleus melə- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Italian pallamaglio "ball-hammer" from Latin palla and malleus.
From Wiktionary
From the pall mall, the name of a game once played there.
From Wiktionary
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