PADDOCK

Paddock

A paddock has two primary meanings in different parts of the English-speaking world. In the USA and UK, a paddock is a small enclosure used to keep horses. It provides an area for exercise and is often situated near the stables. Larger paddocks may have grass maintained in them, but many are dirt or a similar natural surface. In those cases drainage and a top layer of sand are often used to keep a suitable surface in the paddock.

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paddock

Noun

  1. (archaic except in dialects) A frog or toad.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially for horses.
  2. 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. An area at circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.

Verb

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


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