pall

To pall is to become bored or done with something.

(verb)

An example of to pall is to grow tired of playing tennis after playing for years.

The definition of a pall is a black cloth put on a coffin at a funeral or a feeling of sadness or gloom that comes over people.

(noun)

An example of a pall is the cloth cover on a coffin as it is put into a hearse.
An example of a pall is what came over the party after hearing about the deadly accident.

See pall in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb palled, palling

Origin: ME pallen, aphetic for appallen, appall

transitive verb

to satiate, bore, or disgust

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

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

transitive verb palled, palling

to cover with a pall (sense )

See pall in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A cover for a coffin, bier, or tomb, often made of black, purple, or white velvet.
A coffin, especially one being carried to a grave or tomb.
a. A covering that darkens or obscures: a pall of smoke over the city.
b. A gloomy effect or atmosphere: “A pall of depressed indifference hung over Petrograd during February and March 1916” (W. Bruce Lincoln).
Ecclesiastical
a. A linen cloth or a square of cardboard faced with cloth used to cover the chalice.
b. See pallium.