paling

Converse of object

• attach: This not only gives rigidity to the fence, but avoids having to attach the paling using staples, which damage the wire.
• erect: An alternative method of erecting chestnut paling is to fasten it to strained wires.

Adjective modifier

• chestnut: Sand has been trapped using a series of wind breaks in the form of chestnut palings.
• wooden: Their names were painted clearly and the low wooden paling surrounding them was in good order.
• high: They soon reached a small hut, near which, enclosed within some high palings, was the animal in question.

Modifies a noun

• fence: Deer parks and farms Traditionally, deer were enclosed in deer parks by walls or by high paling fences.
• fencing: In contrast at the northern end of the estate the original low oak paling fencing is still remains on some properties.

Noun used with modifier

• fence: Different types of tree provide timber suitable for different uses: Willow for weaving hurdles, chestnut for fence palings or ash for firewood.
• park: The park paling was still the boundary on one side, and she soon passed one of the gates into the ground.