Pall

PALL

-noun

1. a cloth covering, usually black, spread over a coffin or tomb

2. a coffin, especially during the funeral ceremony

3. a dark heavy covering; shroud

4. a depressing or oppressive atmosphere

5. (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a Y-shaped bearing

6. (Christianity)

a. a small square linen cloth with which the chalice is covered at the Eucharist

b. an archaic word for pallium (a woollen vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging from it front and back: worn by the pope, all archbishops, and (as a mark of special honour) some bishops)

an obsolete word for cloak

-verb

7. (trans.) to cover or depress with a pall

-verb

1. (intr.) often followed by “on” . to become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)

2. to cloy or satiate, or become cloyed or satiated

I would not like to be of trouble

And thus might (slightly) hesitate

Less I’d pall on my kind readers

But must indulge nevertheless

In my own private ventures