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pall-malln.  (in sense 1) Brit.  /ˌpalˈmal/, U.S. /ˈpɛlˈmɛl/, /ˈpɔlˈmɔl/, /ˈpɑlˈmɑl/ (in sense 3a) Brit. /ˌpal ˈmal/, U.S. /ˌpɑl ˈmɑl/Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French pallemaille, paillemaille, palmail. Etymology: < Middle French, French †pallemaille, †paillemaille, †palmail, †palmaille , †palemail , †palemaille (1552 in Rabelais as pillemaille ) < Italian pallamaglio (1545; end of the 15th cent. as palla a maglio ) < palla ball (a1292; < an unattested Langobardic cognate of Old High German ballā ball n.1) + maglio mallet (a1320; < classical Latin malleus hammer: see malleus n.). Compare mall n.1In β. forms apparently influenced by pell-mell adv., adj., and n. (compare forms at that entry). N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pelˌmel) /pɛlˈmɛl/. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > pall-mall > [noun] a1566 T. Hoby (1902) 72 At Chasteubriant the French King shewed my Lord Marquess great plesure and disport, sometime in plaing at tenice,..sometime at the palla malla. 1568 in (1900) II. 558 [Mary was playing at Seton] richt oppinlie at the feildis with the palmall and goif, and on the nycht planelie abusing hir body with Boithwell. 1598 R. Dallington Method for Trav. in (1854) 11 255 Among the exercises of France, I prefer none before the Paille Maille. 1603 King James VI & I (1944) I. iii. 189 The exercises that I would haue you to vse..are..playing at the caitche or tennise, archery, palle maillé. 1622 H. Peacham xvi. 204 Their [sc. the French] exercises are for the most part Tennise play, Pallemaile [etc.]. 1656 T. Blount Pale Maille.., this game was heretofore used at the Alley near St. Jameses, and vulgarly called Pel-Mel. 1672 W. Ramesay iv. 133 Exercises which are used abroad that may befit a Gentleman..are Pilmall, Gauff, these by striking the Ball exercise the whole Man. 1884 1 Nov. 695/1 A couple of the mallets and a ball used in the old game of pall-mall. 1890 A. Lang in H. G. Hutchinson et al. (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 11 The game of pell mell is probably older in Scotland than in England, and was borrowed from our ‘auld ally’ of France. 1969 V. Bartlett iv. 43 Pall mall, with its hard ball, could be dangerous, and the mall was flanked on either side by a high fence, so that the player could not slice his ball into the rough. 1995 (Nexis) 17 May 23 [Pall Mall] was home to Nell Gwynne who played pall-mall here with Charles II. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > polo > [noun] > equipment 1605 P. Erondelle N iij b If one had Paillemails, it were good to play in this Alley, for it is of a reasonable good length, straight and euen. 1611 J. Florio at Palamaglio A pale-maile, that is a stick with a mallet at one end of it to strike and cast a woodden ball with, much vsed..in Italy. 3. society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > street > [noun] > specific street society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > War Office society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > with specific responsibility > English or British 1650 Return Commissioners of Crown Lands in (1854) 11 256 Pell Mell Close... Elm trees standing in Pall Mall Walk, in a very decent and regular manner on both sides the walk, being in number 140.] 1656–7 in P. Cunningham (new ed.) 372/2 Down the Haymarket and in the Pall Mall. 1661 T. Rugge Annuall Diurnall Sept. in f. 249v [The road] from charing Cross to St James by St James park wall, and at the back side of pallmall is now altred by reason a new pallmall is made for the vse of his majestie in St James park by the wall. 1716 J. Gay ii. 30 O bear me to the Paths of fair Pell-Mall; Safe are thy Pavements, grateful is thy Smell! 1728 W. Sewel v. 253 George Fox was at London, and being lodg'd in the Pall-mall, at Night a company of Troopers came, and knock'd at the Door where he was. 1861 W. M. Thackeray iii. 111 Pall Mall is the great social Exchange of London now—the mart of news, of politics, of scandal, of rumour. 1880 E. W. Hamilton 24 Apr. (1972) I. 2 Childers will not be welcomed by the Duke of Cambridge in Pall Mall and will not command the confidence of the Army. 1893 17 Apr. 4/7 It would be a very strong thing for Whitehall or Pall Mall to overrule the joint discretion of the military and municipal authorities. 1900 5 July 5/2 Should the tape-bound authorities in Pall Mall blankly refuse to equip..the 320 extra men. 2003 (Nexis) 27 Feb. 36 He was looking forward to a good lunch at his club, the Oxford & Cambridge in Pall Mall. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > pall-mall > [noun] > alley c1660 J. Evelyn anno 1644 (1955) II. 111 A very noble Garden and Parke [sc. St Germains], where there is a pall-maill. 1663 S. Pepys 15 May (1971) IV. 135 I walked in the park, discoursing with the keeper of the Pell Mell who was sweeping of it—who told me of what the earth is mixed that doth floor the Mall, and that over all there is Cockle-shells powdered. 1679–88 in J. Y. Akerman (1851) 133 To Lawrence Dupuy,..to be laid out and expended towards the repayring the Pall Mall in St. James's Parke. a1706 J. Evelyn (2001) ii. vi. 135 Paille mailles are certaine Allees exceedingly protracted..through which to strike the Balles. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > polo > [noun] 1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. iv. v. 154 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier (1678) Here [i.e. at Ispahan] the men play at Pall-mall [Fr. le jeu de mail] on horseback, the Horse-man being to strike the Ball running at full speed, between the two Goals. Compounds society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > polo > [noun] > equipment 1644 K. Digby i. ix. 73 We see a stroak with a rackett vpon a ball, or with a pailemaile beetle vpon a boule maketh it fly from it. 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