A maul may refer to any number of large

hammer A hammer is a tool, most often a hand tool, consisting of a weighted "head" fixed to a long handle that is swung to deliver an impact to a small area of an object. This can be, for example, to drive nail (fastener), nails into wood, to sh ...

s, including: *

War hammer A war hammer (French: ''martel-de-fer'', "iron hammer") is a weapon that was used by both infantry, foot soldiers and cavalry. It is a very old weapon and gave its name, owing to its constant use, to Judas Maccabeus, Judah Maccabee, a 2nd-century ...

, a medieval weapon *

Post maul A sledgehammer is a tool with a large, flat, massive, often metal head, attached to a long wooden or solid handle. The long handle is combined with a heavy head which allows the sledgehammer to pick up momentum during a swing and applying a large ...

, a type of sledgehammer *

Spike maul A spike maul is a hand tool used to drive railroad spikes in railroad track work. It is also known as a spiking hammer. Description Spike mauls are akin to sledge hammers, typically weighing from with handles long. They have elongated doubl ...

, railroad hand tool *

Splitting maul A splitting maul also known as a ''block buster'', ''block splitter'', ''chop and maul'', ''sledge axe'', ''go-devil'' or ''hamaxe'' is a heavy, long-handled axe used for splitting a piece of wood along its grain. One side of its head is like a ...

, heavy wood-splitting tool resembling both axe and hammer

People

Al Maul Albert Joseph "Smiling Al" Maul (October 9, 1865 – May 3, 1958) was an American professional baseball player. He was a pitcher and outfielder over parts of 15 seasons (1884–1901) in Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Keystones, Phil ...

(1865–1958), an American baseball player *

Günther Maul Günther Edmund Maul (May 7, 1909 – September 28, 1997) was a German ichthyologist and taxidermist in Portugal. Maul came to Madeira in December 1930 to work as taxidermist at Museu Municipal do Funchal, which opened to the public in 1933. He w ...

(1909–1997), German ichthyologist *

John Maul John Broughton Maul (28 November 1857 – 5 November 1931) was an English clergyman and a cricketer who played in one first-class cricket match for Cambridge University in 1878. He was born at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire and died at Banbury, ...

(1857–1931), English clergyman and cricketer

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Darth Maul Maul (originally Darth Maul) is a character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas. He first appeared in the prequel film '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' (1999). Maul returned in the animated television series ' ...

, ''Star Wars'' character * MAUL, a semi-automatic shotgun * Maul, a rugby term * ''Maul'', 2003 novel by Tricia Sullivan

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