pall Definition

pall¹
noun

1a. The cloth that covers a coffin at a funeral;
1b. The coffin itself. See also pall-bearer.
2. Anything spreading or hanging over.

Example: a pall of smoke
Thesaurus: shroud, mantle, veil.
3. A pallium.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon pæll a robe or covering.

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pall²
verb palled, palling

intr
1. To begin to bore or seem tedious.
2. To cloy; to bore.

Thesaurus: satiate, glut, cloy, jade, bore, tire, weary.

Etymology: 14c: a variant of appal.