pall

1 a sudden numbing dread [syn: chill]

2 burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn: shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes]

3 hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle]

1 become less interesting or attractive [syn: dull]

2 cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: daunt, dash, scare off, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare]

3 cover with a pall

4 cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite" [syn: cloy]

5 cause to become flat; "pall the beer"

6 lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall" [syn: die, become flat]

7 lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"

8 get tired of something or somebody [syn: tire, weary, fatigue, jade]

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) /pɔːl/
• (US) /pɔl/, /pɑl/

• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Etymology 1

pæll, from Latin pallium ‘cloak, covering’.

Noun

1. Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes.
2. In the context of "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

Etymology 2

Apheticism from appall.

Verb

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

Related terms

• tarpaulin

Estonian

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɑlʲː/|lang=et

Noun

1. ball

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

pall

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

Derived terms

*fotpall

See also

• stå pall

Pall may refer to:

• Pall (casket), a casket covering
• Pall (heraldry), a Y-shaped heraldic charge
• Pall (liturgy), a piece of stiffened linen used to cover the chalice at the Eucharist
• Pall Corporation, a global business

Surname

• David Pall (1914-2004), founder of Pall Corporation
• Donn Pall (born 1962), former professional baseball player
• Gloria Pall (born 1929), American model, showgirl, film and television actress, author and businesswoman
• Olga Pall (born 1947), former alpine skier

See also

• Pail
• Pale (disambiguation)
• Pall Mall
• PAL (disambiguation)

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