Modern English usage. 2014.
Mall — [mal] steht für: Mall (Schiffbau), ein Modell des Schiffsrumpfes Mall GmbH, Produzent von Betonfertigteilen Mall ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Eduard Mall (1843–1892), deutscher Romanist und Anglist Joël Mall (* 1991), Schweizer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Mall — may refer to: The Mall, London, the landmark ceremonial approach road to Buckingham Palace The Mall Athens, a major shopping mall in the greater area of Athens, Greece National Mall, an open area national park in downtown Washington, D.C. An… … Wikipedia
mall — [mo:l, mæl US mo:l] n especially AmE [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: mall long path used for playing a game called pall mall (17 19 centuries)] a large area where there are a lot of shops, usually a covered area where cars are not allowed = ↑shopping… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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. [1913 Webster] 2. A heavy blow. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mall — (m[add]l), n. 1. A public access area containing a promenade for pedestrians; as, to gather near the Washington monument on the mall in Washington. [PJC] 2. The paved or grassy strip between two roadways. [PJC] 3. A shopping area with multiple… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mall — [n1] commercial complex with many individual retail stores commercial center, market, mart, mini mart, plaza, shopping center, shopping mall; concepts 325,439,449 mall [n2] shopping center marketplace, shopping complex, shopping mall, shopping… … New thesaurus
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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mall — (n.) 1737, shaded walk serving as a promenade, generalized from The Mall, name of a broad, tree lined promenade in St. James s Park, London (so called from 1670s, earlier Maill, 1640s), which was so called because it formerly was an open alley… … Etymology dictionary
mall — ► NOUN 1) a large enclosed shopping area from which traffic is excluded. 2) a sheltered walk or promenade. ORIGIN probably a shortening of PALL MALL(Cf. ↑P): from The Mall in St James s Park, London, former site of a pall mall alley … English terms dictionary
mall — [môl, mäl] n. [var. of MAUL, esp. assoc. in 17th c. with (PALL) MALL] 1. Archaic a) a large, heavy mallet, used to strike the ball in the game of pall mall b) [< PALL MALL] the game itself c) a lane or alley where the game was p … English World dictionary
