v.
- (of an animal) wound by scratching and tearing.
▸handle or treat savagely or roughly.
- Rugby Union take part in a maul.
n.
- Rugby Union a loose scrum formed around a player with the ball off the ground. Compare with ruck1.
- another term for beetle2 (in sense 1).
Derivative
Etymology
ME (in the senses ‘hammer’ and ‘strike with a heavy weapon’): from OFr. mail, from L. malleus ‘hammer’.
