Pall
Pall (pal) , noun
Same as Pawl.
Pall , noun
[Old English pal, Anglo-Saxon pal, from Latin pallium cover, cloak, mantle, pall; compare Latin palla robe, mantle.]
1.
An outer garment; a cloak mantle.
His lion's skin changed to a pall of gold.
2.
A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages. [Obsolete] — Wyclif (Esther viii. 15)
3.
(Roman Catholic Church) Same as Pallium.
About this time Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's palls into England, -- the one for London, the other for York.
4.
(Heraldry) A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y.
5.
A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb.
Warriors carry the warrior's pall.
6.
(Ecclesiastical) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice.
Pall , transitive verb
To cloak. [Rare] — Shakespeare
Pall (pald) , intransitive verb
[Either shortened from appall, or from French pâlir to grow pale. Compare Appall, Pale, a.]
To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls.
Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover,
Fades in the eye, and palls upon the sense.
Pall , transitive verb
1.
To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken. — Chaucer
Reason and reflection... pall all his enjoyments.
2.
To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite.
Pall , noun
Nausea. [Obsolete] — Shaftesbury