Mall

mall
    n 1: a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk [syn:
         {promenade}, {mall}]
    2: mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped
       complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually
       includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern
       version of the traditional marketplace; "a good plaza should
       have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local
       malls" [syn: {plaza}, {mall}, {center}, {shopping mall},
       {shopping center}, {shopping centre}]
    

Mall \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.
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Mall \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.
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   2. A heavy blow. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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   3. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See
      {Pall-mall}. --Cotton.
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   4. A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public
      walk; a level shaded walk.
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            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.
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Mall \Mall\ (m[a^]l), n. [LL. mallum a public assembly; cf. OHG.
   mahal assembly, transaction; akin to AS. m[ae][eth]el,
   me[eth]el, assembly, m[=ae]lan to speak, Goth. ma[thorn]l
   market place.]
   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.
   Hence:
   (a) A court of justice.
   (b) A place where justice is administered.
   (c) A place where public meetings are held.
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             Councils, which had been as frequent as diets or
             malls, ceased.                       --Milman.
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Mall \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.
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   2. The paved or grassy strip between two roadways.
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   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}
      [PJC]
    

Maul \Maul\, n. [See {Mall} a hammer.]
   A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also {mall}.]
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33 Moby Thesaurus words for "mall":
      alameda, beaten path, beaten track, berm, bicycle path, boardwalk,
      bridle path, catwalk, esplanade, fastwalk, foot pavement, footpath,
      footway, garden path, groove, hiking trail, parade, path, pathway,
      prado, promenade, public walk, run, runway, rut, sidewalk,
      towing path, towpath, track, trail, trottoir, walk, walkway