History in England Pall-mall




cotgrave s description of long alley-like playing surface iron hoop @ either end accords reports of game played in london twenty years later. however, there s little reason read implication game played in england in 1611, given providing english definition of french word.


an 19th-century writer on english games, joseph strutt, quotes cotgrave s description , association restoration royalty:



the game of mall fashionable amusement in reign of charles second, , walk in saint james s park, called mall, received name having been appropriated purpose of playing @ mall, charles himself , courtiers exercised in practice of pastime. denomination mall given game, evidently derived mallet or wooden hammer used players strike ball.




the game still known in nineteenth century, proved reference in many english dictionaries. in samuel johnson s 1828 dictionary, definition of pall mall describes game similarities modern croquet: play in ball struck mallet through iron ring .








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