pall
Senses relating to clothSenses relating to cloth.: A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse.
» The lengthy lecture palled on me.
Meaning
9 sensesSenses relating to cloth.
A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse.
покро́в на гро́беpokróv na gróbe, пелена́pelená
покривалоpokryvalo
A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist.
Palla
Senses relating to clothing.
(figuratively)Something that covers or surrounds like a cloak; in particular, a cloud of dust, smoke, etc., or a feeling of fear, gloom, or suspicion.
The early election results cast a pall over what was supposed to be a celebration.
A pall came over the crowd when the fourth goal was scored.
Especially in Roman Catholicism: a pallium (“liturgical vestment worn over the chasuble”).
A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y, sometimes charged with crosses.
The flag of South Africa has a green pall
Göpel
Senses relating to cloth.
(archaic, poetic)Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes.
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
(obsolete)A cloth used for various purposes on the altar in a church, such as a corporal (“cloth on which elements of the Eucharist are placed”) or frontal (“drapery covering the front of an altar”).
Senses relating to clothing.
(archaic)An outer garment; a cloak, mantle, or robe.
(obsolete, rare)A feeling of nausea caused by disgust or overindulgence.
Examples
6 sentencesThe lengthy lecture palled on me.
A pall of darkness cloaked the valley.
The city is being blanketed again today by a thick pall of smoke from nearby bushfires.
News that Tom had taken a job with another firm cast a pall over the departmental lunch.
Sami found Layla's call and he palled over to call her back.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pal, palle, from Old English pæl, pæll, from Old French paile and LatiFrom Middle English pal, palle, from Old English pæl, pæll, from Old French paile and Latin pallium (“cloak; covering”) (and thus a doublet of pallium), probably from palla (“piece of cloth worn as apparel”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; hide, skin; cloth”)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).
From the verb pall (“to make vapid”).
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Forms
plural: pallsSynonyms
11 synonyms- burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped:shroudcerementwinding-sheetwinding-clothes
- a sudden numbing dread:chill
- hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window):curtaindrapedraperymantle