"English pale" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "the English pale",
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      "expansion": "the English pale",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London, published 1846",
          "text": "The xviij. of June came v c. Almayns out of Flandars into the Englyshe pale, and there taried the kyng's comynge.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, David Grummitt, The Calais Garrison, page 5",
          "text": "In 1450 the English Pale stretched eighteen miles from near Wissant in Picardy to Gravelines in Flanders.",
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      "glosses": [
        "The town of Calais and its surroundings under English rule, from 1347 to 1558."
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          "Calais",
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        "(historical) The town of Calais and its surroundings under English rule, from 1347 to 1558."
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      "glosses": [
        "The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction."
      ],
      "id": "en-English_pale-en-name-iEqCvX3I",
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        [
          "Ireland",
          "Ireland"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction."
      ],
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        "historical"
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  "word": "English pale"
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      "form": "the English pale",
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London, published 1846",
          "text": "The xviij. of June came v c. Almayns out of Flandars into the Englyshe pale, and there taried the kyng's comynge.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, David Grummitt, The Calais Garrison, page 5",
          "text": "In 1450 the English Pale stretched eighteen miles from near Wissant in Picardy to Gravelines in Flanders.",
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        }
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        "The town of Calais and its surroundings under English rule, from 1347 to 1558."
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        "(historical) The town of Calais and its surroundings under English rule, from 1347 to 1558."
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        "The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction."
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        "(historical) The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction."
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