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Webster 1913 Edition


Paddock

Pad′dock

,
Noun.
[OE.
padde
toad, frog +
-ock
; akin to D.
pad
,
padde
, toad, Icel. & Sw.
padda
, Dan.
padde
.]
(Zool.)
A toad or frog.
Wyclif.
“Loathed paddocks.”
Spenser
Paddock pipe
(Bot.)
,
a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus
Equisetum
, especially
Equisetum limosum
and the fruiting stems of
Equisetum arvense
; – called also
padow pipe
and
toad pipe
. See
Equisetum
.
Paddock stone
.
See
Toadstone
.
Paddock stool
(Bot.)
,
a toadstool.

Pad′dock

,
Noun.
[Corrupted fr.
parrock
. See
Parrock
.]
1.
A small inclosure or park for sporting.
[Obs.]
2.
A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a stable.
Evelyn.
Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition


Paddock

PAD'DOCK

,
Noun.
A toad or frog.

PAD'DOCK

, n.
1.
A small inclosure for deer or other animals.
2.
An inclosure for races with hounds, &c.

Definition 2024


paddock

paddock

English

Alternative forms

  • padock (obsolete)

Noun

paddock (plural paddocks)

  1. (archaic or dialectal) A frog or toad.
    • Wycliffe
      Soothly if thou wilt not deliver, lo! I shall smite all thy terms with paddocks. (Exodus 8:2)
    • Spenser
      The grisly toadstool grown there might I see, / And loathed paddocks lording on the same.
    • Shakespeare
      Paddock calls anon. (Macbeth 1.1.10)
Derived terms
  • paddock pipe
  • paddock stone
  • paddock stool

Etymology 2

Alteration of Middle English parrok, parrock (enclosure, fence, paddock), from Old English pearroc, pearruc (enclosure, fence), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (enclosure, fence). Cognate with Dutch perk (flowerbed, garden, pen), German Pferch (sheepfold, sheep-pen), Danish park (pond). Related to park, spar.

Noun

paddock (plural paddocks)

  1. A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially for horses.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) A field of grassland of any size, especially for keeping sheep or cattle.
  3. An area where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
  4. Land, fenced or otherwise delimited, which is most often part of a sheep or cattle property.
  5. (motor racing) An area at circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

paddock (third-person singular simple present paddocks, present participle paddocking, simple past and past participle paddocked)

  1. To provide with a paddock. To keep in, or place in, a paddock.

French

Noun

paddock m (plural paddocks)

  1. paddock
  2. (slang) pad (bed)