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paddock

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pad·dock  (pdk)
n.
1. A fenced area, usually near a stable, used chiefly for grazing horses.
2. Sports
a. An enclosure at a racetrack where the horses are assembled, saddled, and paraded before each race.
b. An area of an automobile racetrack where cars are prepared before a race.
3. Australian A piece of fenced-in land.
tr.v. pad·docked, pad·dock·ing, pad·docks
To confine in a paddock.

[Alteration of Middle English parrok, from Old English pearroc.]

paddock1
n
1. a small enclosed field, often for grazing or training horses, usually near a house or stable
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) the enclosure in which horses are paraded and mounted before a race, together with the accompanying rooms
3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Motor Racing) an area near the pits where cars are worked on before races
4. Austral and NZ any area of fenced land
5. (Team Sports, other than specified) Austral and NZ a playing field
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture)
the long paddock Austral informal a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
vb
(tr) to confine (horses, etc.) in a paddock
[variant of dialect parrock, from Old English pearruc enclosure, of Germanic origin. See park]

paddock2
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Archaic or dialect a frog or toad Also called (Scot) puddock
[from pad toad, probably from Old Norse padda; see -ock]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.paddockpaddock - pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race
pen - an enclosure for confining livestock

paddock
noun field, meadow, pasture, pen, corral (U.S. & Canad.), stockade The family kept horses in the paddock in front of the house.
Translations
paddock [ˈpædək] N (= field) → potrero m; [of racecourse] → paddock m (Motor racing) → parque m

paddock [ˈpædək] n
(= small field) → enclos m
(in horse racing and motor racing)paddock m

paddock
n (= field)Koppel f; (of racecourse)Sattelplatz m; (Motor Racing) → Fahrerlager nt

paddock [ˈpædək] n (field) → recinto; (of racecourse) → paddock m inv
paddock [ˈpædək] n (field) → recinto; (of racecourse) → paddock m inv

paddock
n paddock [ˈpӕdək]
a small field, containing grass and usually near a house or stable, in which horses etc are often kept. veld, kraal حَقْل صَغير لِتَرويض الخَيْل ливада до конюшня výběh indhegning die Koppel περίβολος, μαντρωμένο λιβάδι prado koppel میدان تمرین اسب ها karja-aitaus enclos מִגרָש דֶשֶא जानवरों का बाडा़ ograđeni pašnjak iloi tratina blizu staje bekerített kifutó (istálló mellett) kandang terbuka hestagirðing/-rétt paddock, recinto 小牧場 (마구간 근처의) 방목장 aptvaras, diendaržis aploks padang kecil utk kuda omheinde wei hestehage; salplass wybieg dla koni cercado padoc выгул, пастбище výbeh ograda pašnjak paddock บริเวณเก็บม้าข้างสนามแข่ง çayırlık, otlak 小牧馬場 вигул, загін اصطبل bãi giữ ngựa


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But it appeared that as the paddock had not been used during the winter, the hurdles made in the autumn for it were broken.
She grew a shade paler, and leaned for a moment against the rail of the paddock in which they were lounging.
In the foreground, in the paddock by the barn, was Mab, full of pretty anxieties for the early spring foal that staggered about her on tottery legs.
 
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