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–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

]

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–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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n.

A fenced area, usually near a stable, used chiefly for grazing horses.
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.
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.

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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 [ˈpӕdək] noun

a small field, containing grass and usually near a house or stable, in which horses etc are often kept

Arabic:	حَقْل صَغير لِتَرويض الخَيْل
Chinese (Simplified):	小牧马场
Chinese (Traditional):	小牧馬場
Czech:	výběh
Danish:	indhegning
Dutch:	omheinde wei
Estonian:	koppel
Finnish:	hevoshaka
French:	enclos
German:	die Koppel
Greek:	περίβολος, μαντρωμένο λιβάδι
Hungarian:	bekerített kifutó (istálló mellett)
Icelandic:	hestagirðing, *-rétt
Indonesian:	kandang terbuka
Italian:	paddock, recinto

Japanese:	小牧場
Korean:	(마구간 근처의) 작은 방목지
Latvian:	aploks
Lithuanian:	aptvaras, diendaržis
Norwegian:	hestehage; salplass
Polish:	wybieg dla koni
Portuguese (Brazil):	paddock
Portuguese (Portugal):	cercado
Romanian:	padoc
Russian:	выгул, пастбище
Slovak:	výbeh
Slovenian:	ograda
Spanish:	prado
Swedish:	paddock
Turkish:	çayırlık, otlak

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Paddock Lake, WI (village, FIPS 60975) Location: 42.57154 N, 88.10237 W
Population (1990): 2662 (1074 housing units)
Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)

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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.

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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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