mallet (redirected from hard mallet)

mal·let  (mlt)

n.

1.

a. A short-handled hammer, usually with a cylindrical head of wood, used chiefly to drive a chisel or wedge.

b. A tool with a large head, used to strike a surface without damaging it.

2. Sports A long-handled implement used to strike a ball, as in croquet and polo.

3. Music A light hammer with a rounded head for striking a percussion instrument.

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[Middle English, from Old French maillet, diminutive of mail, maul; see maul.]

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mallet

Noun

1. a hammer with a large wooden head

2. a long stick with a head like a hammer used to strike the ball in croquet or polo [Old French maillet wooden hammer]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mallet - a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball croquet mallet - a mallet used to strike the ball in croquet polo mallet, polo stick - a mallet used to strike the ball in polo sports implement - an implement used in a sport
	2.	mallet - a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. hammer drumstick - a stick used for playing a drum percussion instrument, percussive instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
	3.	mallet - 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 beetle carpenter's mallet - a short-handled mallet with a wooden head used to strike a chisel or wedge gavel - a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge hammer - a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

Translations

mallet [ˈmælɪt] n → mazo

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mallet [ˈmælɪt] n → maillet m

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mallet [ˈmælɪt] n → Holzhammer m

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mallet [ˈmælɪt] n → maglio