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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". However, there is no evidence that pall-mall involved the croquet stroke, which is the distinguishing characteristic of the modern game.
What does rake mean? How about pall-mall, promenade, season, coming out, debutant, and ton? Historians and experts define Bridgerton's Regency era vocabulary.
Part of the trademark for Pall Mall cigarettes. "PALL MALL IN HOC SIGNO VINCES 'WHEREVER PARTICULAR PEOPLE CONGREGATE'" It is the public motto of the English Defence League, emblazoned around the group's logo. The phrase is the motto on some Byzantine coins (e.g. the folles of Constans II).
The Pall Mall brand was introduced in 1899 by the Black Butler Company (UK) in an attempt to cater to the upper class with the first "premium" cigarette. 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 ...
Pall Mall at that time had a mix of expensive residences and commercial operations, such as bookshops and gentleman's clubs, popular with fashionable London society. The area also contained some less genteel establishments: King's Place (now Pall Mall Place), an alley running to the east and behind Boydell's gallery, was the site of Charlotte ...
St James's, London. Coordinates. 51°30′26″N 00°08′07″W. / 51.50722°N 0.13528°W / 51.50722; -0.13528. Open. 10am – 4:30pm daily [1] St James's Square is the only square in the St James's district of the City of Westminster and is a garden square. It has predominantly Georgian and Neo-Georgian architecture.
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. The building is owned by the Crown Estate , [14] along with the large collection of artwork that decorates the rooms.
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.