Definizione monolingua

mallet

mallet (third-person singular simple present mallets, present participle malleting, simple past and past participle malleted)

1. To strike with a mallet.

mallet (plural mallets)

1. A small maul with a short handle, used especially for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like.
2. A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 51:

     The Mallet of arms, according to the representation of it given by Father Daniel, exactly resembles the wooden instrument of that name, now in use, except in the length of the handle, it was like the hammer of arms, to be used with both hands, indeed it differed very little from that weapon in its form.

3. A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
4. The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.

Definizione dizionario mallet

	maglio
	small maul

	mazzetta
	small maul

folla

martello di legno

massa

mazza

mazzo

mazzuola

mazzuolo

Altri significati:

sledge(hammer)

A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.

A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.

(small) mallet

weapon resembling the tool

To strike with a mallet.

The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.

A small maul with a short handle, used especially for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like.

instrument for playing croquet