Both Uses of
mallet
in
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
- I felt light-headed, not serious at all, really doing it for a child when I lifted my mallet-the one with the red band that had always been mine.†
Story 3.30 *mallet = a piece of equipment for pounding or hitting
- Eugene could hear all day as he worked at his meticulous watches the glad mallet of the man who cracked the crabs.†
Story 3.31
Definition:
a piece of equipment for pounding or hitting
such 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