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mail noun5. [ma:j] Now rare or obsolete. Pl. pronounced same. M17.
[Old French from Latin malleus hammer. Cf. MAUL noun, MALL noun.]
Orig., the game of pall-mall; a place where the game was played. Later (from the Mail in Paris), a public promenade bordered by trees.
the Mail = the Mall s.v. MALL noun.
? Reintroduced from French in E20.