Mall
WordNet
noun
(1) Mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
"A good plaza should have a movie house"
"They spent their weekends at the local malls"
(2) A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.
- A heavy blow.
- An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See pall mall
- A place where the game of mall was played. Hence: A public walk; a level shaded walk.
- Subsequently, an enclosed shopping centre.
- A pedestrianised street.