paddock
(noun) pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race
Source: WordNet® 3.1
paddock (plural paddocks)
A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially for horses.
(Australia, New Zealand) A field of grassland of any size, especially for keeping sheep or cattle.
An area where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
Land, fenced or otherwise delimited, which is most often part of a sheep or cattle property.
(motor racing) An area at circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
(field sports, slang) The playing field.
paddock (third-person singular simple present paddocks, present participle paddocking, simple past and past participle paddocked)
(transitive) To provide with a paddock.
(transitive) To keep in, or place in, a paddock.
paddock (plural paddocks)
(archaic or dialectal) A frog or toad.
Paddock (plural Paddocks)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Paddock is the 6441st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5272 individuals. Paddock is most common among White (89.72%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Pad"dock, n. Etym: [OE. padde toad, frog + -ock; akin to D. pad, padde, toad, Icel. & Sw. padda, Dan. padde.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A toad or frog. Wyclif. "Loathed paddocks." Spenser Paddock pipe (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus Equisetum, especially E. limosum and the fruiting stems of E. arvense; -- called also padow pipe and toad pipe. See Equisetum.
– Paddock stone. See Toadstone.
– Paddock stool (Bot.),a toadstool.
Pad"dock, n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. parrock. See Parrock.]
1. A small inclosure or park for sporting. [Obs.]
2. A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a stable. Evelyn. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 January 2025
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