Definitions
A hammer-like tool with a large head, often made of wood or rubber.
Word origin
From Middle English malet, maylet, from Old French mallet, maillet (“a wooden hammer, mallet”), diminutive of mal, mail (“a hammer”), from Latin malleus (“a hammer, mall, mallet”).
Used in a sentence
“Carpenters use mallets for assembling.”
“We used a mallet to drive the tent pegs into the ground.”
“[…] and when a couple of insurgents ran in to make the capture she malleted them with her rifle.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Soft-headed hammer”6 letters
02“Wooden-headed hammer”6 letters
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