pall1
/
pɔːl/
n.
- a cloth spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb.
- a dark cloud of smoke, dust, etc.
- an enveloping air of gloom or fear.
- an ecclesiastical pallium.
▸Heraldry a Y-shaped charge representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium.
Etymology
OE pæll ‘rich (purple) cloth, cloth cover for a chalice’, from L. pallium ‘covering, cloak’.
pall2
/
pɔːl/
v.
become less appealing or interesting through familiarity.
Etymology
ME: shortening of appal.