Definition of mallet Mallet

/mæˈlɪt/ - [matlit] - Mal•let

We found 13 definitions of mallet from 7 different sources.

What does mallet mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: mallets
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
		hammer the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
		carpenter's mallet a short-handled mallet with a wooden head used to strike a chisel or wedge
mallet - a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
		sports implement an implement used in a sport
		croquet mallet a mallet used to strike the ball in croquet
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

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Wiktionary

mallet (Noun)
A small maul with a short handle, used especially for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like.
mallet (Noun)
A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
mallet (Noun)
A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
mallet (Noun)
The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.
mallet (Verb)
To strike with a mallet.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

mallet (n.)
A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet.

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

mallet
a sort of wooden hammer, of which there are several sorts used for different purposes on ship-board, as the
Calking-MALLET, an implement chiefly employed to drive the oakum into the seams of a ship, where the edges of the planks are joined to each other in the sides, decks, or bottom.
The head of this mallet is long and cylindrical, being hooped with iron to prevent it from splitting in the exercise of calking.
Serving-MALLET, a mallet used in serving the rigging, by binding the spun-yarn more firmly about it, than could possibly be done by hand; which is performed in the following manner: the spun-yarn being previously rolled up in a large ball, or clue, two or three turns of it are passed about the rope and about the body of the mallet, which for this purpose is furnished with a round channel in its surface, that conforms to the convexity of the rope intended to be served. The turns of the spun-yarn being strained round the mallet, so as to confine it firmly to the rope, which is extended above the deck, one man passes the ball continually about the rope, whilst the other, at the same time, winds on the spun-yarn by means of the mallet, whose handle acting as a lever, strains every turn about the rope as firm as possible.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

mallet
A wooden hammer, of which there are several sorts.--A caulking mallet is employed to drive the oakum into the seams of a ship. The head of this mallet is long, cylindrical, and hooped with iron.--Serving mallet. A cylindrical piece of wood with a groove on one side and a handle on the other. It is used in serving the rigging, binding the spun yarn more firmly about it than could be done by hand.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

mallet
A wooden hammer, to drive into the ground the pegs by which a tent is fastened; it is likewise used on various other occasions, especially in fortification and artillery.

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mallet, noun, singular of mallets.

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