mallet
🇺🇸
/ˈmælɪt/
🇬🇧
/ˈmælɪt/
A tool with a long handle and a big head, used for pounding things.
The carpenter used a mallet to hammer the nails into the wood.
大工は木槌を使って木に釘を打ち込む。
A sports equipment with a long handle and a wooden head, used to hit balls in games like croquet and polo.
The player scored a goal by hitting the ball with a mallet in the polo match.
選手はポーロの試合でボールを槌で打って得点した。