mall

Meanings

Noun

• A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
• An enclosed shopping centre.
• An alley where the game of pall mall was played.
• A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade.
• A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall.
• The game of polo.
• An old game played with malls or mallets and balls; pall mall.

Verb

• to beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise
• to build up with the development of shopping malls
• to shop at the mall

Origin

• Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.