Mall

A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.

A heavy blow.

An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.

A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk.

To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul.

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 court of justice.

A place where justice is administered.

A place where public meetings are held.