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Mall — [mal] steht für: Mall (Schiffbau), ein Modell des Schiffsrumpfes Mall GmbH, Produzent von Betonfertigteilen Mall ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Eduard Mall (1843–1892), deutscher Romanist und Anglist Joël Mall (* 1991), Schweizer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Mall — may refer to: The Mall, London, the landmark ceremonial approach road to Buckingham Palace The Mall Athens, a major shopping mall in the greater area of Athens, Greece National Mall, an open area national park in downtown Washington, D.C. An… … Wikipedia
mall — [mo:l, mæl US mo:l] n especially AmE [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: mall long path used for playing a game called pall mall (17 19 centuries)] a large area where there are a lot of shops, usually a covered area where cars are not allowed = ↑shopping… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Mall — (m[add]l; 277), n. [Written also {maul}.] [OE. malle, F. mail, L. malleus. Cf. {Malleus}.] 1. A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. A heavy blow. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mall — (m[add]l), n. 1. A public access area containing a promenade for pedestrians; as, to gather near the Washington monument on the mall in Washington. [PJC] 2. The paved or grassy strip between two roadways. [PJC] 3. A shopping area with multiple… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mall — [n1] commercial complex with many individual retail stores commercial center, market, mart, mini mart, plaza, shopping center, shopping mall; concepts 325,439,449 mall [n2] shopping center marketplace, shopping complex, shopping mall, shopping… … New thesaurus
Mall — (m[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Malled} (m[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Malling}.] [Cf. OF. mailler. See {Mall} beetle, and cf. {Malleate}.] To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mall — (n.) 1737, shaded walk serving as a promenade, generalized from The Mall, name of a broad, tree lined promenade in St. James s Park, London (so called from 1670s, earlier Maill, 1640s), which was so called because it formerly was an open alley… … Etymology dictionary
mall — in the meanings ‘a sheltered walk or promenade’ and ‘an enclosed shopping precinct’, is increasingly heard in Britain in the form mawl (already familiar in America, Australia, and elsewhere), rather than mal. But mal is still obligatory in the… … Modern English usage
mall — ► NOUN 1) a large enclosed shopping area from which traffic is excluded. 2) a sheltered walk or promenade. ORIGIN probably a shortening of PALL MALL(Cf. ↑P): from The Mall in St James s Park, London, former site of a pall mall alley … English terms dictionary
mall — [môl, mäl] n. [var. of MAUL, esp. assoc. in 17th c. with (PALL) MALL] 1. Archaic a) a large, heavy mallet, used to strike the ball in the game of pall mall b) [< PALL MALL] the game itself c) a lane or alley where the game was p … English World dictionary
