A maul may refer to any number of large hammers, including The first trailer for disney+'s upcoming darth maul show may be imminent A heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges. See examples of maul used in a sentence. If an animal mauls someone, it attacks that person and injures them with its teeth or claws… A heavy hammer often with a wooden head used esp
For driving stakes or wedges There are eight meanings listed in oed's entry for the noun maul, five of which are labelled obsolete See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. If you are mauled by an animal, you are violently attacked by it and badly injured The dog went berserk and mauled one of the girls [verb noun] if someone is mauled, they are attacked aggressively, and often harmed in some way