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paddock (1)

pad·dock [ páddək ]


noun  (plural pad·docks)
Definition:
 
1. enclosed field for horses: a small field near a house or stable with grazing for horses

2. area for mounting racehorses: an area on a racetrack where the racehorses are paraded before a race and the jockeys mount

3. area for racing cars before race: an area near the pits on an automobile racetrack where cars are worked on before a race



transitive verb  (past and past participle pad·docked, present participle pad·dock·ing, 3rd person present singular pad·docks)
Definition:
 
keep horses in paddock: to keep animals, especially horses, in a paddock

[Early 17th century. Alteration of dialect parrock< Old English pearroc "fence, enclosed land" < Germanic]
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