Defn: Same as Pallium.
About this time Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's palls into
England, — the one for London, the other for York. Fuller.
4. (Her.)
Defn: A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y.
5. A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb. Warriors carry the warrior's pall. Tennyson.
6. (Eccl.)
Defn: A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; — used to put over the chalice.
PALL
Pall, v. t.
Defn: To cloak. [R.] Shak
PALL
Pall, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Palled; p. pr. & vb. n. Palling.] Etym:
[Either shortened fr. appall, or fr. F. pâlir to grow pale. Cf.
Appall, Pale, a.]
Defn: To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in the eye, and palls upon the sense. Addisin.