Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul. 2. (n.) A heavy blow. 3. (n.) An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall. 4. (n.) A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk. 5. (v. t.) To beat with a mall; to beat with something heavy; to bruise; to maul. 6. (n.) 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. 7. (n.) A court of justice. 8. (n.) A place where justice is administered. 9. (n.) A place where public meetings are held.

Multi-Version Concordance Mall (1 Occurrence) Exodus 19:7 And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and laid before the mall these words which Jehovah had commanded him. (DBY)