A few days ago
Anonymous

what is a mallet?

I found the word on a game.

Top 4 Answers
A few days ago
djnightgaunt

Favorite Answer

It’s a hammer, usually a wooden hammer similar to a gavel. It derives from the word “maul” or “mall”, meaning a medieval-period wooden hammer that looks a bit like a bowling pin.
0

A few days ago
Anonymous
mallet –

1. a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing.

2. a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball.

Online Etymology Dictionary

mallet –

1392, from O.Fr. maillet “small wooden hammer,” dim. of mail, from L. malleus “hammer,” from PIE *mele- “to grind, crush” (cf. L. molere “to grind,” Gk. mylos “millstone,” O.E. melu “meal,” O.C.S. mlatu, Rus. molotu “hammer”).

0

A few days ago
Anonymous
a mallet is what is used to play xylophones or vibraphones or keyboards. a mallet is like a stick that has like a ball on the end of it. mallets for different instruments are different. for example mallets for xylophones are different from mallets for vibes.
0

A few days ago
a little lost
we sell them :)…they are similar to a hammer but with a larger head…which is made of rubber ( never of wood or metal) so as to absorb the impact.thus limiting jarring of ur limbs…ie..wrist, fingers, hand….they are used for all sorts of things 🙂
0