Pall Mall

UK: /ˈpæl ˈmæl/ US: (pal′ mal′, pel′ mel′)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

Pall Mall  (pal′ mal′, pel′ mel′), 

1. Place Names a street in London, England, famed for its clubs.

pall-mall  (pel′mel′, pal′mal′, pôl′môl′), n. 

1. Games a game, popular in the 17th century, in which a ball of boxwood was struck with a mallet in an attempt to drive it through a raised iron ring at the end of a playing alley.
2. Games a playing alley on which this game was played.

• Latin malleus). See ball¹, mall, mell
• Langobardic) + maglio mallet (
• Italian pallamaglio, equivalent. to palla ball (
• Middle French pallemaille
• 1560–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

Pall Mall / ˈpæl ˈmæl/ noun

1. a street in central London, noted for its many clubs

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

pall-mall / ˈpælˈmæl/ noun

1. a game in which a ball is driven by a mallet along an alley and through an iron ring
2. the alley itself

Etymology: 17th Century: from obsolete French, from Italian pallamaglio, from palla ball + maglio mallet