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pall-mall
/ˈpelˈmel/noun
- 1. a 16th- and 17th-century game in which a boxwood ball was driven through an iron ring suspended at the end of a long alley. historical
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Pall-mall, paille-maille, palle-maille, pell-mell, or palle-malle ( / ˈpælˈmæl /, / ˈpɛlˈmɛl /, also US: / ˈpɔːlˈmɔːl / [1] [2]) is a lawn game (though primarily played on earth surfaces rather than grass) that was mostly played in the 16th and 17th centuries. [3] It is considered a precursor to croquet .
Pall Mall / ˌ p æ l ˈ m æ l / ⓘ is a street in the St James's area of the City of Westminster, Central London. It connects St James's Street to Trafalgar Square and is a section of the regional A4 road .
In Samuel Johnson's 1755 dictionary, his definition of "pall-mall" clearly describes a game with similarities to modern croquet: "A play in which the ball is struck with a mallet through an iron ring".
Pall-mall is the Bridgerton family's favorite countryside game, one that brings out the siblings' competitive spirits (especially Anthony's). But what is pall-mall?
When Jesus on the cross appeared to Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, before the battle of Ouriques, he gave him the portuguese symbol, the "Quinas", and said " In hoc signo vinces ". Since then it's on every Portuguese flag. Part of the trademark for Pall Mall cigarettes.
The press reported weekly on the building of Boydell's gallery, designed by George Dance the Younger, on a site in Pall Mall. Boydell commissioned works from famous painters of the day, such as Joshua Reynolds , and the folio of engravings proved the enterprise's most lasting legacy.
A small house in the angle of the square south of Norfolk House, originally numbered in John Street, and the adjacent house in Pall Mall, have been combined and allocated the number 31A. The smaller houses along the southern side had Pall Mall numbers until 1884.
It is named after Pall Mall, a well-known street in the St James's area of London, containing several of the private clubs which such people patronized. In 1907, Pall Mall was acquired by the American Tobacco Company with the sale of Butler & Butler.
Front entrance of 116 Pall Mall. The IoD occupies the Grade I listed 116 Pall Mall in London, which is open to members of the IoD, and has rooms and function suites available for commercial hire.
Look up Pall Mall or pall mall in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pall mall, paille maille, palle malle, etc., may refer to: Pall-mall, a lawn game related to croquet, the source of later uses.