Found 2 items, similar to pall.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pall pall v 1: become less interesting or attractive [syn: dull] 2: cause to lose courage; “dashed by the refusal” [syn: daunt, dash, scare off, frighten off, scare away, frighten away , scare] 3: cover with a pall 4: cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; “Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite” [syn: cloy] 5: cause to become flat; “pall the beer” 6: lose sparkle or bouquet; “wine and beer can pall” [syn: die, become flat] 7: lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); “the course palled on her” 8: get tired of something or somebody [syn: tire, weary, fatigue, jade] pall n 1: a sudden numbing dread [syn: chill] 2: burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn: shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes] 3: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle]
English → English (gcide) Definition: pall Pawl \Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. Pole a stake.] (Mach.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel. [Written also paul, or pall.] [1913 Webster] Pawl bitt (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass, to receive the strain of the pawls. Pawl rim or Pawl ring (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the pawls to catch in. [1913 Webster]