mall

Definition

A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.

Etymology

Probably from The Mall, a major street in London, England, which was originally a pall mall alley.

Example Sentences

• "The preliminary plans provide for one million square feet of selling space in three main buildings and a double row of shops along a central shopping mall."
• "America′s first pedestrianized shopping mall opened in 1959 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Like most later pedestrian malls, it was intended to revive what everybody thought was a decaying downtown."
• "Every day, at about the time the rest of us go to work, groups of retirees gather at many of America′s enclosed shopping malls."