Definition of mallet in English: mallet
noun 1 A hammer with a large, usually wooden head.
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‘A smooth hide or even hard rubber/plastic mallet will mar it the least.’ ‘Use a mallet or hammer to tap knife gently through flesh.’ ‘A rubber mallet is used to drive the blade halves into the green.’ ‘At the end of the ride, you will be hit on the head with a giant mallet.’ ‘The judge beat his wooden mallet on the podium, demanding order.’ ‘It finally gave up it's resistance with the help of a few smacks with a mallet and chisel…’ ‘Start your screw hole with an awl by tapping gently with a hammer or a soft-face mallet.’ ‘Children were invited to have a go at making shapes using the tools of the wood carving trade - a mallet and chisel.’ ‘Carpenters had mallets, hammers, drills, chisels, scrapers, planes, and copper saws at their disposal.’ ‘The axe can then be hammered in further with a wooden mallet.’ ‘A wooden mallet was used to drive in the scallops without damaging the points.’ ‘On small farms this was done with a flail or wooden mallet and block.’ ‘This handy wooden mallet was made from some left-over scraps of oak that I had salvaged from a pallet.’ ‘Cut off the wings, breast and legs and break up the carcass with a meat mallet.’ ‘If bricks run slightly ahead of the pattern, use a rubber mallet to nudge them into place.’ ‘The sentries banged the door five times with a giant mallet.’ ‘For the finest of detail, he applies the trusty mallet and chisel.’ ‘Into this hole, tap in the spile with a wooden mallet.’ ‘Most of the temporary equipment fits together easily with just a rubber mallet, screwdriver, pocketknife and a pair of pliers.’ ‘Flatten a chicken breast to 1/4-inch thickness with a meat mallet.’ 1.1 A long-handled wooden stick with a head like a hammer, used for hitting a croquet or polo ball.
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‘Some spectators wear Harris tweed and others carry polo mallets as accessories.’ ‘Sorry to disappoint you, but I never got to see Fergie's polo mallets.’ ‘He's one of the greatest sportsmen that ever picked up a mallet or a cricket bat.’ ‘My brother and I took a radio out onto the lawn and there smashed it into a thousand pieces with croquet mallets.’ ‘But one day we had to go up to the attic for something and we found these hoops, mallets, timber balls and a peg.’ ‘Lightweight recreational mallets are not up to the task of this gruelling version of the game.’ ‘There is no evidence of this being true at all - the only things that the games have in common are mallets and balls.’ ‘Alfred picks up the discarded croquet mallets and follows them.’ ‘A polo mallet that is too heavy can eventually lead to muscle fatigue, wrist strain or even an injury.’ ‘All mallets shown below have similar options for the head styles, the differences are in the shaft types.’ ‘Players wear jerseys - actually, colored T-shirts - and use mallets to knock a ball into a goal.’ ‘We have lengths from 31-36 ’, and can order longer or shorter mallets as needed.’ ‘I date men who knock me off my bike in bike polo by throwing a mallet at my spokes and watching me fall just like the boys.’ ‘For the piece titled Passageways, Toivanen set a croquet ball and mallet against the gallery wall, ready for play.’ ‘He does like a polo mallet, he hits it and it goes flying over the table, and I'm saying, ‘Good shot.’’ ‘The back of the bat should never be touched with the mallet.’ ‘If you can pedal and swing a mallet, you can play bike polo.’ ‘Do they beat it with a large polo mallet?’ ‘One of the first lessons anyone gets is how to take hold of and swing a mallet.’ ‘The twelve-year-old called after them, as Craig waved at them with the croquet mallet.’ 1.2 A wooden stick with a padded head, used for hitting percussion instruments.
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‘The metal bars on the xylophones are red, yellow, green and blue, and the mallets are red.’ ‘Includes definition, construction, mallets, cost, and links to other percussion resources.’ ‘The current line of mallets is wound using either wool-based and nylon based yarns or two types of wool yarn.’ ‘A wide variety of drumsticks, including hard sticks, soft mallets, and brushes, is used.’ ‘My kids pounded these mallets to bits in about six months.’ ‘Yamaha's high quality keyboard mallets offer a range of features for students and professionals.’ Origin Late Middle English: from Old French maillet, from mail ‘hammer’, from Latin malleus.