pall-mall

noun

1. an old game in which a boxwood ball was struck by a mallet through an iron ring hung at the end of an alley
2. the alley in which this game was played

Etymology: MFr palemail < It pallamaglio < palla (< Langobardic palla, akin to OHG balla, ball) + maglio < L malleus, a hammer: see malleable