About The Word Mall

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Mall

Mall Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Mall?
[n] mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; a modern version of the traditional marketplace; "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls"
[n] a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk Synonyms | Synonyms for Mall: center | plaza | promenade | shopping center | shopping mall Related Terms | Find terms related to Mall: alameda | beaten path | beaten track | berm | bicycle path | boardwalk | bridle path | catwalk | esplanade | fastwalk | foot pavement | footpath | footway | garden path | groove | hiking trail | parade | path | pathway | prado | promenade | public walk | run | runway | rut | sidewalk | towing path | towpath | track | trail | trottoir | walk | walkway See Also | esplanade | mercantile establishment | outlet | paseo | retail store | sales outlet | walk | walkway Mall In Webster's Dictionary \Mall\ (m[add]l; 277), n. [Written also {maul}.] [OE.
malle, F. mail, L. malleus. Cf. {Malleus}.]
1. A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything
with force; a maul. --Addison.
2. A heavy blow. [Obs.] --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.
--Southey.
\Mall\ (m[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Malled} (m[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Malling}.] [Cf. OF. mailler. See {Mall} beetle, and cf. {Malleate}.] To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul. \Mall\ (m[a^]l), n. [LL. mallum a public assembly; cf. OHG. mahal assembly, transaction; akin to AS. m[ae][eth]el, me[eth]el, assembly, m[=ae]lan to speak, Goth. ma[thorn]l 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. Hence: (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. --Milman. |
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