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see|Páll
English
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA|/p��l/
(US) IPA|/p�l/, /p�l/
audio|en-us-pall.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��l|-��l

Etymology 1
Old English pæll, from Latin pallium �cloak, covering�.

Noun
en-noun

1. archaic Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes.
2. context|Christianity A cloth used for various purposes on the altar in a church.
3. A heavy canvas laid over a coffin or tomb.

#*1942: Thirty years or so later, a woman was put to death for stealing the purple pall from his sarcophagus, a strange, crazy crime � Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 150)

Translations
trans-top|cloth laid over coffin
French:drap mortuaire (m)
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Etymology 2
Apheticism from appall.

Verb
en-verb

1. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken.

Related terms
tarpaulin

Estonian

Pronunciation
IPA|/�p�lʲ�/|lang=et

Noun
infl|et|noun

1. ball

Swedish
Pronunciation
audio|Sv-pall.ogg|audio

Noun
pall c
sv-noun-reg-ar

#a stool; a chair without armrests or back
#pallet; a movable platform, constructed to be moved by forklifts.

Derived terms
;stool
fotpall

See also
stå pall

et:pall
io:pall
fi:pall
sv:pall
te:pall
vi:pall
zh:pall

• 2007-12-31 12:07 - Mysid - Estonian meaning

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