Pale-mail, also known as pall-mall or pall mall, was an old game in which the object was to drive an iron ball called a pall, with a mallet or club called a mall, through a hoop elevated on a pole, the players standing at either end of an aley. He who succeeded in sending the ball through in the fewest strokes was the winner. The name was also applied to the alley or place where the game was played, hence Pall Mall in London. Research Pale-Mail
Pall Mall is a street near St James' palace, London. It is named after a French ball game (pale-mail) which was played there around 1600 before its general introduction to England in 1660. Research Pall Mall
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