- Pall
- Pall Pall, n. [OE. pal, AS. p[ae]l, from L. pallium cover,
cloak, mantle, pall; cf. L. palla robe, mantle.]
1. An outer garment; a cloak mantle.
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His lion's skin changed to a pall of gold. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
2. A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Esther viii. 15). [1913 Webster]
3. (R. C. Ch.) Same as {Pallium}. [1913 Webster]
About this time Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's palls into England, -- the one for London, the other for York. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
4. (Her.) A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y. [1913 Webster]
5. A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb. [1913 Webster]
Warriors carry the warrior's pall. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
6. (Eccl.) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
