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malle

malle noun: a heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.

Noun

malle (plural malles)

  1. A heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
    • There is also an entry of two hundred Malles in a store house at Berwick.1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 52

Proper noun capitalized: Malle

Malle (plural Malles)

  1. A surname

Forms of malle

Noun
pluralmalles
alternative formmaul
alternative formmall
alternative formmawle
Proper noun
pluralMalles

Questions about malle

What does malle mean?
Malle means a heavy hammer or beetle, often made of wood or lead.
What part of speech is malle?
Malle can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of malle?
The plural of malle is malles.

Words near malle in the dictionary

  1. mallarky
  2. Mallarméan
  3. Mallas
  4. mallassus
  5. mallcore
  6. malle
  7. malleabilities
  8. malleability
  9. malleabilization
  10. malleabilize
  11. malleabilized

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