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paling fence

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pal⋅ing

[pey-ling]
–noun
1. Also called paling fence. picket fence.
2. a pale or picket for a fence.
3. pales collectively.
4. the act of building a fence with pales.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see pale 2 , -ing 1

picket fence

–noun
a fence consisting of pickets or pales nailed to horizontal stringers between upright posts.
Also called paling, paling fence.


Origin:
1790–1800, Americanism
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