Ground billiards

Italian historic mallet lawn game

thumb|Drawing of a game of "pell-mell" between Frederick V of the Palatinate and [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, by Adriaen van de Venne, c. 1620–1626.]] Pall-mall, paille-maille, palle-maille, pell-mell, or palle-malle (, , ) is a lawn game (though primarily played on earth surfaces rather than grass) that was mostly played in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is considered a precursor to croquet.