PALE

I. noun see: pole Date: 12th century palisade , paling , 2. one of the stakes of a palisade, picket , 3. a space or field having bounds ; enclosure , a territory or district within certain bounds or under a particular jurisdiction, an area or the limits within which one is privileged or protected (as from censure) , a perpendicular stripe on a heraldic shield, II. transitive verb (~d; paling) Date: 14th century to enclose with ~s ; fence , III. adjective (~r; ~st) see: fallow Date: 14th century deficient in color or intensity of color ; pallid , not bright or brilliant ; dim , feeble , faint , deficient in chroma , ~ly adverb ~ness noun palish adjective IV. verb (~d; paling) Date: 14th century intransitive verb to become ~, transitive verb to make ~