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Pall Mall

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpæl ˈmæl/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pal′ mal′, pel′ mel′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Pall Mall  (pal′ mal′, pel′ mel′),USA pronunciation 
  1. Place Namesa street in London, England, famed for its clubs.

pall-mall  (pel′mel′, pal′mal′, pôl′môl′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Gamesa 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. Gamesa playing alley on which this game was played.
  • Latin malleus). See ball1, mall, mell
  • Langobardic) + maglio mallet (
  • Italian pallamaglio, equivalent. to palla ball (
  • Middle French pallemaille
  • 1560–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Pall Mall /ˈpæl ˈmæl/ n
  1. a street in central London, noted for its many clubs
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pall-mall /ˈpælˈmæl/ n obsolete
  1. a game in which a ball is driven by a mallet along an alley and through an iron ring
  2. the alley itself
Etymology: 17th Century: from obsolete French, from Italian pallamaglio, from palla ball + maglio mallet
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