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paddock

1

[ pad-uhk ]

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.
  3. Australian. any enclosed field or pasture.


verb (used with object)

  1. to confine or enclose in or as in a paddock.

paddock

2

[ pad-uhk ]

noun

  1. Archaic. a frog or toad.

paddock

1

/ ˈæə /

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
  3. (in motor racing) an area near the pits where cars are worked on before races
  4. any area of fenced land
  5. a playing field
  6. the long paddock informal.
    a stockroute or roadside area offering feed to sheep and cattle in dry times
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to confine (horses, etc) in a paddock
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

paddock

2

/ ˈæə /

noun

  1. archaic.
    a frog or toad Also called (Scot)puddock
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of paddock1

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

Origin of paddock2

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; -ock
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of paddock1

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

Origin of paddock2

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

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Wealth speaks loudly in the paddock and, as Stanton points out, it is one of the few sports "where your financial capability is as important as your talent".

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Our research found over half of our cheesemakers were using multiple methods to reduce whey going to waste, from making animal feed to making ricotta to irrigating paddocks.

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"None of us wanted to celebrate or anything else until she was back in the paddock."

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