PADDOCK


Meaning of PADDOCK in English

n. 1 a small field, esp. for keeping horses in. 2 a turf enclosure adjoining a racecourse where horses or cars are assembled before a race. 3 Austral. & NZ a field; a plot of land.

[ app. var. of (now dial.) parrock (OE pearruc): see PARK ]

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