mall

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mall

Historical
1. a large, heavy mallet, used to strike the ball in the game of pall-mall
2. Origin of mall
  < pall-mall
  the game itself
3. a lane or alley where the game was played
a shaded walk or public promenade
1. a street for pedestrians only, with shops on each side, and often with decorative plantings, benches, etc.
2. a completely enclosed, air-conditioned shopping center like this
a median strip

Origin of mall

variant, variety of maul, especially associated, association in 17th circa with (pall)-mall

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mall

noun

A large, often enclosed shopping complex containing various stores, businesses, and restaurants usually accessible by common passageways.
A street lined with shops and closed to vehicles.
A shady public walk or promenade.
Chiefly Upstate New York See median.

Origin of mall

After The Mall in London, England, originally a pall-mall alley

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Noun

(plural malls)

A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.
A heavy blow.
An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See pall mall.
A place where the game of mall was played.
A public walk; a level shaded walk.
(US, Australia) A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
pedestrian mall
An enclosed shopping centre.