paddock

English

/ˈpædək/

noun
Definitions
  • A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially for horses.
  • (Australia) 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) The playing field.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English parrok inherited from Old English pearroc (enclosure) inherited from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (fence, enclosure, enclosed land, fencing).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*parrukaz

Gloss

fence, enclosure, enclosed land, fencing

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

垣, 柵

Emoji
🤺

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