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pad⋅dock

1   [pad-uhk]
–noun
1. a small, usually enclosed field near a stable or barn for pasturing or exercising animals.
2. the enclosure in which horses are saddled and mounted before a race.
3. Australian. any enclosed field or pasture.
–verb (used with object)
4. to confine or enclose in or as in a paddock.
Origin:
1540–50; var. of ME parrok, with r heard as flapped d; OE pearroc enclosure, orig. fence. See park
Language Translation for : Paddock
Spanish: prado, German: die Koppel, Japanese: 小牧場
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pad⋅dock

2   [pad-uhk]
–noun
Archaic. a frog or toad.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME paddok(e), deriv. of early ME pad toad (cf. E dial. pad frog); akin to D, LG pad, ON padda; see -ock
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pad·dock     (pād'ək)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A fenced area, usually near a stable, used chiefly for grazing horses.
  2. Sports
    1. An enclosure at a racetrack where the horses are assembled, saddled, and paraded before each race.
    2. An area of an automobile racetrack where cars are prepared before a race.
  3. Australian A piece of fenced-in land.
tr.v.   pad·docked, pad·dock·ing, pad·docks
To confine in a paddock.

[Alteration of Middle English parrok, from Old English pearroc.]
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paddock  (1)
"a frog, a toad," c.1300, dim. of pad "toad," from O.N. padda; common Gmc. (cf. Swed. padda, Dan. padde, O.Fris., M.Du. padde "frog, toad," also Du. schildpad "tortoise"), of unknown origin and with no certain cognates outside Gmc.


paddock  (2)
"an enclosure," 1622, alteration of M.E. parrock, from O.E. pearroc "enclosed space, fence" (see park). Or possibly from M.L. parricus (8c.), which is ult. from Gmc.

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paddock

noun
pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race 

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Paddock Lake, WI (village, FIPS 60975)
Location: (42.574094, -88.105210)
Population (2000): 3,012 (1,185 housing units)
Area: 1.955963 sq mi (land), 0.243598 sq mi (water)

Paddock Lake, WI (village, FIPS 05960975)
Location: (42.574094, -88.105210)
Population (2000): 3,012 (1,185 housing units)
Area: 1.955963 sq mi (land), 0.243598 sq mi (water)

Paddock, MN (township, FIPS 11149408)
Location: (46.663848, -95.218033)
Population (2000): 323 (128 housing units)
Area: 35.697460 sq mi (land), 0.056376 sq mi (water)

Paddock, NE (township, FIPS 06737980)
Location: (40.058133, -96.755354)
Population (2000): 440 (179 housing units)
Area: 35.934412 sq mi (land), 0.241727 sq mi (water)

Paddock, NE (township, FIPS 08938015)
Location: (42.726386, -98.610110)
Population (2000): 107 (65 housing units)
Area: 74.208118 sq mi (land), 0.558739 sq mi (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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Paddock

Pad"dock\, n. [OE. padde toad, frog + -ock; akin to D. pad, padde, toad, Icel. & Sw. padda, Dan. padde.] (Zo["o]l.) A toad or frog. --Wyclif. "Loathed paddocks." --Spenser

Paddock pipe (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus Equisetum, especially E. limosum and the fruiting stems of E. arvense; -- called also padow pipe and toad pipe. See Equisetum.

Paddock stone. See Toadstone.

Paddock stool (Bot.),a toadstool.

Paddock

Pad"dock\, n. [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.

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