Both Uses
mallet
in
The Voyage of the Dawn Trader
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- It sounded as if dozens of strong workmen were hitting the ground as hard as they could with great wooden mallets.†
Chpt 9 *
- I didn't hear any noise of feet — only voices and this frightful thudding and thumping — like a mallet.†
Chpt 9mallet = a piece of equipment for pounding or hitting
Definitions:
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(1)
(mallet) a piece of equipment for pounding or hittingsuch as:
- a tool resembling a hammer but with a large cylindrical head that is usually made of rubber or wood
- a long stick with a thick cylindrical head used to hit a ball in polo or croquet
- a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike percussion instruments
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)