Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)
5. equipment
6. [equipment by process]
7. striking tools

Narrower term/s

• woodworking mallets [NP][+]
  • bungstarts
  • carpenters' mallets
  • carvers' mallets
  • dead-blow mallets
  • froe clubs
• beetles (striking tools)
• caulking mallets
• gavels (ceremonial mallets)
• dental mallets [NP]

Anotations

Scope note:

Hammering tools of modest size, having a handle and relatively large head, usually of wood but sometimes of other materials. Often used to drive another tool, such as a chisel or a gouge.