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pad·dock
(păd′ək)n.
1. A fenced area, usually near a stable, used chiefly for grazing horses.
2. 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.
3. Australian A piece of fenced-in land.
tr.v. pad·docked, pad·dock·ing, pad·docks
To confine in a paddock.
[Alteration of Middle English parrok, from Old English pearroc.]
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paddock
(ˈpædək)n
1. a small enclosed field, often for grazing or training horses, usually near a house or stable
2. (Horse Racing) (in horse racing) the enclosure in which horses are paraded and mounted before a race, together with the accompanying rooms
3. (Motor Racing) (in motor racing) an area near the pits where cars are worked on before races
4. Austral and NZ any area of fenced land
5. (Team Sports, other than specified) Austral and NZ a playing field
6. (Agriculture) the long paddock informal Austral a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
vb
(tr) to confine (horses, etc) in a paddock
[C17: variant of dialect parrock, from Old English pearruc enclosure, of Germanic origin. See park]
paddock
(ˈpædək)n
(Animals) archaic or dialect a frog or toad. Also called (Scot): puddock
[C12: from pad toad, probably from Old Norse padda; see -ock]
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pad•dock
(ˈpæd ək)n.
1. a small, usu. enclosed field near a stable or barn for pasturing or exercising animals.
2. the enclosure in which horses are saddled and mounted before a race.
v.t. 3. to confine in a paddock.
[1615–20; appar. alter. of dial. parrock, Middle English; Old English pearroc enclosure, orig. fence. See park]
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paddock
Past participle: paddocked
Gerund: paddocking
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Noun | 1. | paddock - pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race pen - an enclosure for confining livestock |
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paddock
noun field, meadow, pasture, pen, corral (U.S. & Canad.), stockade The family kept horses in the paddock in front of the house.
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Translations
حَقْل صَغير لِتَرويض الخَيْل
výběh
indhegning
bekerített kifutó
hestagirîing
diendaržis
aploks
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paddock
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paddock
(ˈpӕdək) noun a small field, containing grass and usually near a house or stable, in which horses etc are often kept.
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