pall-mall

Definition of Pall-mall in English :

1. pall-mall

a 17th century game; a wooden ball was driven along an alley with a mallet

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pall-mall

noun

a street in central London, noted for its many clubs

noun obsolete

1.

a game in which a ball is driven by a mallet along an alley and through an iron ring

2.

the alley itself

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

n.

1. A game of the 1600s in which a boxwood ball was struck with a mallet to drive it through an iron ring suspended at the end of an alley.

2. The alley in which this game was played.