paddock

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpædək/

Etymology 1

From pad + -ock.

Noun

paddock (plural paddocks)

1. (archaic except in dialects) A frog or toad.

Etymology 2

Alteration of Middle English parrok, parrock (“enclosure, fence, paddock”), from Old English pearroc, pearruc (“enclosure, fence”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“enclosure, fence”), from PGmc base *parr- (“stake, bar, beam, fence-post”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)par- (“beam, log”) + PGmc diminutive suffix *-ukaz, *-ikaz (See -ock). Cognate with Dutch perk (“flowerbed, garden, pen”), German Pferch (“sheepfold, sheep-pen”), Danish park (“pond”). Related to park, spar.

Noun

paddock (plural paddocks)

1. A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially for horses.
2. An area where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
3. Land, fenced or otherwise delimited which is most often part of a sheep or cattle property.
4. (motor racing) an area at circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.

Derived terms

• heifer paddock
• long paddock

Verb

paddock (third-person singular simple present paddocks, present participle paddocking, simple past and past participle paddocked)

1. To provide with a paddock. To keep in, or place in, a paddock.

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French

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Noun

paddock m.

1. pad (slang: bed)

This French entry was created from the translations listed at pad. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see paddock in the French Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) September 2010