Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mallet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mallet \Mal"let\, n. [F. maillet, dim. of mail. See {Mall} a
beetle.]
A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a
tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a
long handle, -- used in playing croquet.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mallet
n 1: a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a
hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
2: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike
percussion instruments
3: a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually
wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or
for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing [syn: {beetle}]
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