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paddock
The definition of a paddock is a small field near a stable where horses exercise or where they're saddled.
(noun)An example of a paddock is an enclosed green field near a racetrack stable.
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See paddock in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- Scot. a frog
- Archaic a toad
Origin: ME paddoke < padde (< OE pad, frog, toad) + -ok, -ock
noun
- a small field or enclosure near a stable, in which horses are exercised
- an enclosure at a racetrack, where horses are saddled
- in Australia, an enclosed piece of land
Origin: phonetic alteration of earlier parrock < ME parrok, enclosed field < OE pearruc, enclosure: see park
transitive verb
to shut in a paddock
See paddock in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A fenced area, usually near a stable, used chiefly for grazing horses.
- Sports a. An enclosure at a racetrack where the horses are assembled, saddled, and paraded before each race.b. An area of an automobile racetrack where cars are prepared before a race.
- Australian A piece of fenced-in land.
To confine in a paddock.
Origin:
Origin: Alteration of Middle English parrok
Origin: , from Old English pearroc
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