paling
NounSynonyms:
picket fence
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a fence made of upright picketsSynonyms: picket fence
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Pale \Pale\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paled (p[=a]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Paling.] To turn pale; to lose color or luster. --Whittier. [1913 Webster]
Apt to pale at a trodden worm. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster]
Paling \Pal"ing\, n.
1.Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure. [1913 Webster]
They moved within the paling of order and decorum.— De Quincey.[1913 Webster]
2.The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the stripes themselves. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Paling board, one of the slabs sawed from the sides of a log to fit it to be sawed into boards. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]