mallet
a hammerlike tool with a head commonly of wood but occasionally of rawhide, plastic, etc., used for driving any tool with a wooden handle, as a chisel, or for striking a surface.
the wooden implement used to strike the balls in croquet.
Polo. the long-handled stick, or club, used to drive the ball.
Origin of mallet
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How to use mallet in a sentence
These rudely sharpened piles were driven into the bottom by the use of heavy stone mallets.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerWhen Great Head burst into the house the uncle and nephew began to hammer him vigorously with mallets.
The Myths of the North American Indians | Lewis SpenceChisels, mallets, hammers, tools and weapons of all kinds from a wheel-spoke to a blunderbuss were brandished in their hands.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) LeahyA single one of the new Mallets will do the work of the two pushers, and therein lies the economy in their use.
The Modern Railroad | Edward HungerfordThe cloth and mallets were for sale, but no inducement would persuade her to part with the necklace.
A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' | Annie Allnut Brassey
British Dictionary definitions for mallet
/ (ˈmælɪt) /
a tool resembling a hammer but having a large head of wood, copper, lead, leather, etc, used for driving chisels, beating sheet metal, etc
a long stick with a head like a hammer used to strike the ball in croquet or polo
mainly US a very large powerful steam locomotive with a conventional boiler but with two separate articulated engine units
Origin of mallet
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