Found 2 items, similar to maul.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: maul
maul
v 1: split (wood) with a maul and wedges
2: injure badly by beating [syn:
mangle]
maul
n : a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
[syn:
sledge,
sledgehammer]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: maul
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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