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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 .
Royal Automobile Club. Pall Mall / ˌpæl ˈmæl / ⓘ 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. The street's name is derived from pall-mall, a ball game played there during the 17th century, which in turn is derived ...
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 ...
How about pall-mall, promenade, season, coming out, debutant, and ton? Historians and experts define Bridgerton's Regency era vocabulary. ... Definition: a place of origin of an extended family ...
Mary Elizabeth York was born in Pall Mall to William Brooks, who took his mother's maiden name as an alias of William H. Harrington after deserting from Company A of the 11th Michigan Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War, and Nancy Pyle, and was the great-granddaughter of Conrad "Coonrod" Pyle, an English settler who settled Pall Mall ...
In hoc signo vinces is the motto on the O'Donnell coat of arms. It is the motto of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. [13] It is the official motto of the Knights Templar in the American York Rite of Freemasonry. It was the motto of the Ancient and Illustrious Order Knights Of Malta, a Protestant fraternal society.
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.
Institute of Directors. The Institute of Directors ( IoD) is a British professional organisation for company directors, senior business leaders and entrepreneurs. It is the UK's longest running organisation for professional leaders, having been founded in 1903 and incorporated by royal charter in 1906. The charter charged the IoD with promoting ...
Jeu de mail or jeu de maille ('pallamaglio' in Italian, Middle French for 'mallet game', or sometimes interpreted as 'straw game') is an ancient outdoor game, originally from Naples, [1] which gave rise to numerous modern sports, such as golf, croquet, hockey and its variations, and polo. [2] It is a now-obsolete lawn game originating in the ...
Pall Mall, London, a street in the City of Westminster, London. Pall Mall, a long-running farm near Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales, named after the London street. Pall Mall, Tennessee, a small unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee. Pall Mall (Bendigo), urban downtown area of Bendigo, Australia.