mall

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for mall

mall 🔊 /mɔˈl/

mall : ලී මිටිය

mall definition

Noun.

  1. A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.
  2. A heavy blow.
  3. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.
  4. A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk.
  5. 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.
  6. A court of justice.
  7. A place where justice is administered.
  8. A place where public meetings are held.

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