Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Evolution of the Usage of the Word

clipped from www.easternct.edu
Evolution of the Usage of the Word

Mall
game of
pall-mall

2. Pall Mall,
a London street, formerly a pall-mall alley (1656)

3. the Mall,
a promenade in London’s St. James Park, originally a pall-mall alley
that
became fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries (1673)

4. a walkway
bordered by trees
(1737); (a) a sheltered walk used as a
promenade; (b) a
wide walkway in a park, often set off by trees, shrubs, or  flowers

5. a grassy
or paved area between roadways;
(a) median strip; (b) a pedestrian
walkway
adjacent to a road

6. a open
grassy area surrounded by academic buildings on a college campus

7. an open
area between public buildings, reserved primarily for pedestrians

a
shopping center
walkways in
an enclosed shopping center
an enclosed shopping
center,
specialty
malls
lifestyle malls
lifestyle centers
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