pal|ing

pal|ing
pal|ing «PAY lihng», noun.
1. a fence of pales: »

I had seen…a gap in the paling—one stake broken down (Charlotte Brontë).

2. pales collectively, as fencing material: »

The fence was only of split paling, but I got my trousers caught on the points (Geoffrey Household).

3. a pale in a fence: »

The palings round the little gardens were broken and ruinous (Mrs. Humphry Ward).

SYNONYM(S): picket.
4. the act of making a fence, or of enclosing a place, with pales; fencing.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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