Mallet

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English

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A rubber mallet

Etymology

From Old French mallet, maillet (“‘a wooden hammer, mallet’”), diminutive of mal, mail (“‘a hammer’”) < Latin malleus (“‘a hammer, mall, mallet’”).

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -ælɪt

Noun

Singular Mallet

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Mallet ({{{1}}})

1. A small maul with a short handle, used especially for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like.
2. A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 51:

     The Mallet of arms, according to the representation of it given by Father Daniel, exactly resembles the wooden instrument of that name, now in use, except in the length of the handle, it was like the hammer of arms, to be used with both hands, indeed it differed very little from that weapon in its form.

3. A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
4. The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.

Derived terms

• malleter

Translations

small maul

Czech: palice cs(cs) f. Finnish: nuija fi(fi) Maltese: mazzola f.

Russian: киянка ru(ru) (kijánka) f. Swedish: klubba sv(sv) c., hammare sv(sv) c.

weapon resembling the tool

Finnish: nuija fi(fi)

Swedish: stridsklubba sv(sv) c.

instrument for playing croquet

Finnish: maila fi(fi) Hungarian: ütő hu(hu)

Norwegian: kølle no(no) f. Swedish: klubba sv(sv) c.

Verb

Infinitive to Mallet

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Mallet (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. To strike with a mallet.

Related terms

• malleable
• malleate

External links

• Mallet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Mallet in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Mallet at OneLook® Dictionary Search

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