pall
noun
[ pɔːl ]
• a cloth spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb.
Similar:
funeral cloth,
coffin covering,
• a dark cloud of smoke, dust, etc.
• "a pall of black smoke hung over the quarry"
Similar:
cloud,
covering,
cloak,
mantle,
veil,
shroud,
layer,
blanket,
sheet,
curtain,
canopy,
• an ecclesiastical pallium.
Origin:
Old English pæll ‘rich (purple) cloth’, ‘cloth cover for a chalice’, from Latin pallium ‘covering, cloak’.
pall
verb
• become less appealing or interesting through familiarity.
• "the novelty of the quiet life palled"
Similar:
become/grow tedious,
become/grow boring,
become/grow tiresome,
lose its/their interest,
lose attraction,
wear off,
cloy,
bore,
tire,
fatigue,
weary,
sicken,
nauseate,
irritate,
irk,
Origin:
late Middle English: shortening of appal.
