Definitions for palingˈpeɪ lɪŋ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pal•ingˈpeɪ lɪŋ(n.)

  1. Also called pal′ing fence′.

    Category: Building Trades

    Ref: picket fence.

  2. a pale or picket for a fence.

    Category: Building Trades

  3. pales collectively.

    Category: Building Trades

  4. the act of building a fence with pales.

    Category: Building Trades

Origin of paling:

1350–1400

Princeton's WordNet

  1. picket fence, paling(noun)

    a fence made of upright pickets

Wiktionary

  1. paling(Noun)

    A pointed stick used to make a fence.

  2. paling(Noun)

    A fence made of palings.

  3. paling(Verb)

    Present participle of to pale.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Paling(u)

    of Pale

  2. Paling(noun)

    pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure

  3. Paling(noun)

    the act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the stripes themselves


Translations for paling

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

most(adverb)

used to form the superlative of many adjectives and adverbs, especially those of more than two syllables

Of all the women I know, she's the most beautiful; the most delicious cake I've ever tasted; We see her mother or father sometimes, but we see her grandmother most frequently.

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