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Definition of: paddock
(pad′ək) noun
1. A pasture lot or enclosure for exercising horses, adjoining a stable.
2. A grassed enclosure at a race-course where horses are walked about and saddled before a race.
3. In Australia, any enclosed piece of land, whether tilled or untilled.
—v.t. To confine, as horses, in a paddock. [Alter. of dial. E parrock, OE pearruc enclosure. Akin to PARK.]
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