pall

pall (pôl)

intransitive verb palled, pall′·ing

Etymology: ME pallen, aphetic for appallen, appall

transitive verb

to satiate, bore, or disgust

pall (pôl)

noun

1. a cloth covering, typically black, draped over a coffin or catafalque
2. an overspreading covering, as of dark clouds or black smoke, that cloaks or obscures in a gloomy, depressing way; also, an overspreading, pervasive atmosphere or spirit of gloom and depression the sad news cast a pall on the proceedings
3. Obsolete a cloak, mantle, or veil
a light, square covering, usually of stiffened linen, put on top of the chalice in the Mass

Etymology: ME pal < OE pæll < L pallium, a cover (akin to palla, a robe, mantle)

transitive verb palled, pall′·ing

to cover with a pall (sense )

Converse of object

cast: I think we should mention here Hilarys's relationship with his mother which casts a very strange pall over the book.
do: But God does not pall, and the more we find Him the more we delight in Him.
send: Buncefield oil depot fire ' Europe's biggest peacetime blaze ' sent a pall of black smoke across large parts of southern England.
leave: The German tank scored a hit on the Sherman leaving a pall of smoke rising from its hatches.
hang: Over these houses, over these streets hangs a pall of fear.

Adjective modifier

thick: Then late one night a passing moorman noticed a thick pall of smoke coming from the old woman's farm.
black: Her body lay in state in a coffin covered in a black velvet pall under a canopy in the black draped dining room.
heavy: A heavy black pall covered the vault of the heavens.
white: As the wisps of smoke turned into a white pall, Johnny exited his car and the marshals turned their extinguishers on the SF-3.
funeral: A funeral pall was cast over the entire championships and we almost couldn't carry on.
huge: A huge pall of black smoke revealed the source.

Modifies a noun

bearer: He was one of the pall bearers at the Burial of the Unknown Warrior on 11th November 1920.

Modifying Another Word

soon: Although fear may be initially employed, it soon palls as an effective lever for gnosis, however.

Noun used with modifier

velvet: Her body lay in state in a coffin covered in a black velvet pall under a canopy in the black draped dining room.

Preposition: after

while: It gets a few laughs, especially when pushed on by stage hands, but the joke begins to pall after a while.

Preposition: of

smoke: The German tank scored a hit on the Sherman leaving a pall of smoke rising from its hatches.
gloom: As a result even I myself felt as if the pall of gloom which weighs us down were somewhat lifted.
darkness: Suddenly a pall of darkness grew around him, he slowly lifted his head to see a flock of sheep towering over him.
depression: A pall of depression hung over many rural communities.

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