Definition of maul. Meaning of maul. Synonyms of maul

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word maul. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word maul and, of course, maul synonyms and on the right images related to the word maul.

Definition of maul

maul
Mall Mall (m[add]l; 277), n. [Written also maul.] [OE. malle, F. mail, L. malleus. Cf. Malleus.] 1. A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul. --Addison. 2. A heavy blow. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall. --Cotton. 4. A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk. Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall. --Southey.
Maul
Maul Maul, n. [See Mall a hammer.] A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also mall.]
Maul
Maul Maul, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mauled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mauling.] 1. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner. Meek modern faith to murder, hack, and maul. --Pope. 2. To injure greatly; to do much harm to. It mauls not only the person misrepreseted, but him also to whom he is misrepresented. --South.

Meaning of maul from wikipedia

- Look up maul in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A maul may refer to any number of large hammers, including: War hammer, a medieval weapon Post maul, a type...
- Darth Maul is a character in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. He first appeared in the prequel film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom...
- Accessory Underbarrel Launcher, or MAUL, is a combat shotgun designed by defunct Brisbane-based company Metal Storm. The MAUL is a shotgun based on Metal Storm's...
- Look up mauler in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mauler or Maulers may refer to: Martin AM Mauler, a US Navy attack aircraft introduced in 1948 MIM-46...
- Alfred Maul (1870–1942) was a German engineer who could be thought of as the father of aerial reconnaissance. Maul, who owned a machine works, experimented...
- A splitting maul also known as a block buster, block splitter, chop and maul, sledge axe, go-devil or hamaxe is a heavy, long-handled axe used for splitting...
- A spike maul is a type of hand tool used to drive railroad spikes in railroad track work. It is also known as a spiking hammer. Spike mauls are akin to...
- John Broughton Maul (28 November 1857 – 5 November 1931) was an English clergyman and a cricketer who pla**** in one first-class cricket match for Cambridge...
- Stefan Mario Maul (born 24 December 1958 in Aachen) is a German ****yriologist and holder of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. Maul studied ****yriology...
- Michael Maul (born 1978) is a German musicologist noted for his work on Johann Sebastian Bach. Maul was born in Leipzig, and is still based in the city...