Found 2 items, similar to Mall.
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Definition: mall
mall
n 1: a public area set aside as a pedestrian walk [syn:
promenade]
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,
center,
shopping mall,
shopping center,
shopping centre]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mall
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[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; 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[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
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