n. 25B6; noun
the pales of a fence : STAKE, post, pole, picket, upright.
outside the pale of decency : BOUNDARY, confines, bounds, limits.
25A0; beyond the pale UNACCEPTABLE, unseemly, improper, unsuitable, unreasonable, intolerable, disgraceful, deplorable, outrageous, scandalous, shocking; informal not on, not the done thing, out of order, out of line; Austral./NZ informal over the fence; formal exceptionable.