| pale 2 (def. 6). |
[peyl] 
noun, verb, paled, pal⋅ing.| 1. | a stake or picket, as of a fence. |
| 2. | an enclosing or confining barrier; enclosure. |
| 3. | an enclosed area. |
| 4. | limits; bounds: outside the pale of his jurisdiction. |
| 5. | a district or region within designated bounds. |
| 6. | (initial capital letter ) Also called English Pale, Irish Pale. a district in eastern Ireland included in the Angevin Empire of King Henry II and his successors. |
| 7. | an ordinary in the form of a broad vertical stripe at the center of an escutcheon. |
| 8. | Shipbuilding. a shore used inside to support the deck beams of a hull under construction. |
| 9. | to enclose with pales; fence. |
| 10. | to encircle or encompass. |
| 11. | beyond the pale, beyond the limits of propriety, courtesy, protection, safety, etc.: Their public conduct is certainly beyond the pale. |