paled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɪld/

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• Rhymes: -eɪld

Verb

paled

1. simple past tense and past participle of pale

Adjective

paled (comparative more paled, superlative most paled)

1. (obsolete) Striped.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book VI, canto II, stanza 6:

     Buskins he wore of costliest cordwayne, / Pinckt vpon gold, and paled part per part,

2. (obsolete) Enclosed with a paling.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book I, canto V, stanza 5:

     A paled greene.

Anagrams

• padel, padle, pedal, plead