parrock

English

Etymology 1

Middle English parrok, from Old English pearruc, pearroc (“clatrum, fence by which a space is enclosed, enclosure, enclosed land”), perhaps from post-classic Latin parricus (compare park). Cognate with Dutch perk (“flowerbed”), German Pferch (“pen, fold”).

Noun

parrock (plural parrocks)

1. (now chiefly Scotland, England regional) An enclosed area of land; a small field or a paddock. [from 9th c.]
   • 2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 231:

     James Broadbent did not wonder what Isaac Hartley was doing in the sodden parrock that lay behind Elphaborough Hall in the fading light of day […] .

Etymology 2

From Middle English parroken, parrokken, from parrok. See above.

Verb

parrock (third-person singular simple present parrocks, present participle parrocking, simple past and past participle parrocked)

1. (transitive) To enclose or shut in; park.

References

• “parrock”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• rap rock