Mall
Mall (mal; 277) , noun
[Old English malle, French mail, Latin malleus. Compare Malleus.]
1.
A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul. — Addison
2.
A heavy blow. [Obsolete] — Spenser
3.
An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall. — Cotton
4.
A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk.
Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall.
Mall (mal) , transitive verb
[Compare Old French mailler. See Mall beetle, and compare Malleate.]
To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.
Mall (mal) , noun
[Late Latin mallum a public assembly; compare Old High German mahal assembly, transaction; akin to Anglo-Saxon maeel, meeel, assembly, malan to speak, Gothic maþl market place.]
Formerly, among Teutonic nations, a meeting of the notables of a state for the transaction of public business, such meeting being a modification of the ancient popular assembly.
(a)
A court of justice.
(b)
A place where justice is administered.
(c)
A place where public meetings are held.
Councils, which had been as frequent as diets or malls, ceased.
Mall (mal) , noun
1.
A public access area containing a promenade for pedestrians; as, to gather near the Washington monument on the mall in Washington.
2.
The paved or grassy strip between two roadways.
3.
A shopping area with multiple shops and a concourse for predominantly or exclusively pedestrian use; in cities the concourse is usually a city street which may be temporarily or permamently closed to motor vehicles; in suburban areas, a mall is often located on a convenient highway, may be large, contained in one building or in multiple buildings connected by (usually covered) walkways. Also called shopping mall