A heavy, long-handled hammer used especially to drive stakes, piles, or wedges.
A heavy hammer having a wedge-shaped head and used for splitting logs.
A play in Rugby in which a mass of players gathers around a ball carrier being tackled and attempts to gain possession of the ball when it is released.
The mass of players during such a play.
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A play in Rugby in which a mass of players gathers around a ball carrier being tackled and attempts to gain possession of the ball when it is released.
The mass of players during such a play.
tr.v.
mauled also malled, maul·ing also mall·ing, mauls also malls
To injure by or as if by beating: The boxer mauled the other fighter. The critics mauled the novelist's first effort. See Synonyms at batter1.
To handle roughly: The package was mauled by the careless messenger.
To split (wood) with a maul and wedge.
[Middle English malle, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus; see melə- in Indo-European roots.]
maul'er n.
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