noun, feminine/ˈmaθa/plural: mazas
mace, club (weapon); mallet (in polo); handle (of a billiards or snooker cue); drumstick (for playing drums); meat tenderizer
From a Vulgar Latin *ma(t)tea, from Latin mateola, from a Proto-Indo-European root describing similar tools; see also Old High German medela (“plow”), Old Church Slavonic мотыка (motyka, “mattock”), Sanskrit मत्य (matya, “club, harrow”). Related to Portuguese maça, Catalan maça, French masse, Italian mazza, English mace.