maul
pronunciation
How to pronounce maul in British English:
UK [mɔ:l]
How to pronounce maul in American English:
US [mɔl]
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- Noun:
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
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- Verb:
- split (wood) with a maul and wedges
- injure badly by beating
Word Origin
- maul
- maul: see mallet
- maul (v.)
- mid-13c., meallen "strike with a heavy weapon," from Middle English mealle (mid-13c.) "mace, wooden club, heavy hammer" (see maul (n.)). The meaning "damage seriously, mangle" is first recorded 1690s. Related: Mauled; mauling.
- maul (n.)
- c. 1200, mealle, "hammer, usually a heavy one; sledgehammer," from Old French mail "hammer," from Latin malleus "hammer" (see mallet).
Example
- 1. Obstruction at kick-offs and line-outs prior to a maul forming .
- 2. A man that bears false witness against his neighbour is a maul , and a sword , and a sharp arrow .
- 3. Have we got a maul and frow ?
- 4. A frightened bear will maul campers .
- 5. I am sending my apprentice , darth maul , to join you .