A hammer resembling a toy croquet mallet. Jenco, a company better known for mallet percussion, made timpani tuned in this fashion. The word is Latin for "hammer" or "mallet". To protect his family, Shane abruptly kills Pilar with a croquet mallet. Players strike the ball with the long side of the mallet head, not the end. The attacks, which involved a mallet and knife, began in December 2010. Polo gloves are commonly worn to protect from working the reins and mallet. A player may not purposely touch another player, his tack or pony with his mallet. The kiss turns into a fatal blow with a mallet. Firstly, a cloth is washed, soaked and beaten with a large mallet. Some carried a kit that used mallet, stake, crucifix. The A371 goes north-west to Cheddar and east to Shepton Mallet. Harris grew up in London and Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Variable lengths of the mallet typically range from to . Chamberlin was born in Shepton Mallet, Somerset.