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De - Pt| English Dictionary: paling | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for paling | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pale \Pale\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paling}.] To turn pale; to lose color or luster. --Whittier. Apt to pale at a trodden worm. --Mrs. Browning. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Paling \Pal"ing\, n. 1. Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure. They moved within the paling of order and decorum. --De Quincey. 2. The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the stripes themselves. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Paling board}, one of the slabs sawed from the sides of a log to fit it to be sawed into boards. [Eng.] | |
