paddock

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[ pad-uhk ]
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noun
  1. a small, usually enclosed field near a stable or barn for pasturing or exercising animals.

  2. the enclosure in which horses are saddled and mounted before a race.

  1. Australian. any enclosed field or pasture.

verb (used with object)
  1. to confine or enclose in or as in a paddock.

Origin of paddock

1
1540–50; variant of Middle English parrok, with r heard as flapped d;Old English pearroc enclosure, originally fence. See park

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paddock2
[ pad-uhk ]

noun
  1. Archaic. a frog or toad.

Origin of paddock

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First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English paddok(e), derivative of early Middle English pad “toad” (compare English dialectal pad “frog”); akin to Dutch, Low German pad, Old Norse padda; see -ock

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British Dictionary definitions for paddock (1 of 2)

paddock1

/ (ˈpædək) /


noun
  1. a small enclosed field, often for grazing or training horses, usually near a house or stable

  2. (in horse racing) the enclosure in which horses are paraded and mounted before a race, together with the accompanying rooms

  1. (in motor racing) an area near the pits where cars are worked on before races

  2. Australian and NZ any area of fenced land

  3. Australian and NZ a playing field

  4. the long paddock Australian informal a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times

verb
  1. (tr) to confine (horses, etc) in a paddock

Origin of paddock

1
C17: variant of dialect parrock, from Old English pearruc enclosure, of Germanic origin. See park

British Dictionary definitions for paddock (2 of 2)

paddock2

/ (ˈpædək) /


noun
  1. archaic, or dialect a frog or toad: Also called (Scot): puddock

Origin of paddock

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C12: from pad toad, probably from Old Norse padda; see -ock

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