Mall

Definition of Mall

Pronunciation: mạl; 277

n.	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. Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall. - Southey.
v. t.	1.	To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul. [imp. & p. p. Malled (mạld); p. pr. & vb. n. Malling.]
n.	1.	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. Councils, which had been as frequent as diets or malls, ceased. - Milman.
	1.	A public access area containing a promenade for pedestrians; as, to gather near the Washington monument on the mall in Washington.
	2.	The paved or grassy strip between two roadways.
	3.	A shopping area with multiple shops and a concourse for predominantly or exclusively pedestrian use; in cities the concourse is usually a city street which may be temporarily or permamently closed to motor vehicles; in suburban areas, a mall is often located on a convenient highway, may be large, contained in one building or in multiple buildings connected by (usually covered) walkways. Also called shopping mall

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