"paling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpeɪlɪŋ/ Forms: palings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English palyng, palynge, equivalent to pale + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|palyng}} Middle English palyng, {{suf|en|pale|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} pale + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} paling (plural palings)
  1. A pointed stick used to make a fence. Translations (stick): кол (kol) [masculine] (Bulgarian), paalu (Finnish), aitapylväs (Finnish), pieu [masculine] (French), kāwāwā (Maori), tīwatawata (Maori), wāwā (Maori), pal [masculine] (Occitan), кол (kol) [masculine] (Russian), кіл (kil) [masculine] (Ukrainian), паля (palja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-paling-en-noun-ViiFK4nW Disambiguation of 'stick': 100 0 0
  2. A fence made of palings. Categories (topical): Walls and fences
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  3. (Caribbean) A fence made of galvanized sheeting. Tags: Caribbean Categories (topical): Walls and fences
    Sense id: en-paling-en-noun-U2HTPpeZ Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 9 44 43 5 Categories (other): Caribbean English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 46 48 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 7 35 35 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 38 51 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 3 31 30 3 2 1 3 15 5 0 2 3 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 34 33 2 1 0 2 17 3 0 1 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 39 42 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 8 40 44 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 40 44 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 41 43 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 6 43 46 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 35 42 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 8 40 44 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 8 41 44 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 43 46 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 9 40 43 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 8 40 44 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pailing Derived forms: paling board Translations (fence): палисада (palisada) [feminine] (Bulgarian), palissada [feminine] (Catalan), estacada [feminine] (Catalan), 圍籬 (Chinese Mandarin), 围篱 (wéilí) (Chinese Mandarin), paaluaita (Finnish), (saku) (alt: さく) (Japanese), palenc [masculine] (Occitan), palenca [feminine] (Occitan), palissada [feminine] (Occitan), palencada [feminine] (Occitan), частоко́л (častokól) [masculine] (Russian), callaid [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), частокіл (častokil) [masculine] (Ukrainian), палісад (palisad) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'fence': 32 34 33

Verb

IPA: /ˈpeɪlɪŋ/
Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ Etymology: From pale + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|pale|-ing|id2=participial}} pale + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} paling
  1. present participle and gerund of pale Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: pale
    Sense id: en-paling-en-verb-Zox952Uk Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial), Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 7 35 35 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 39 42 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 35 42 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 20, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 117:",
          "text": "The boys continued hitting the tennis ball with pailings snatched from a fence […]",
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        {
          "ref": "1997, Richard Flanagan, chapter 6, in The Sound of One Hand Clapping, New York: Grove Press, published 2014:",
          "text": "The smell of the damp eucalypt palings that clad the walls exhaling their aromatic resin into the house, mingling with the fragrance of the myrtle burning in the fireplace.",
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          "text": "1789, Alderman Le Mesurier), addressing the House of Commons, in The Parliamentary Register,ᴴᵃⁿˢᵃʳᵈ London: John Debrett, Volume 26, p. 172,\nGentlemen must have observed that many of the nurserymen’s plantations were wide and extensive, some of them covering several acres; and that their palings and fences were for the most part low, and might be so weak and out of repair, as to afford a very insufficient security against the inroads of robbers and spoilers."
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          "text": "The park paling was still the boundary on one side, and she soon passed one of the gates into the ground.",
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          "ref": "1878, Henry James, An International Episode:",
          "text": "The wide doors and windows of the restaurant stood open, beneath large awnings, to a wide pavement, where there were other plants in tubs, and rows of spreading trees, and beyond which there was a large shady square, without any palings, and with marble-paved walks.",
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      "word": "pieu"
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      "sense": "stick",
      "word": "kāwāwā"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "stick",
      "word": "tīwatawata"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "stick",
      "word": "wāwā"
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      "word": "кол"
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      "word": "кіл"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "palja",
      "sense": "stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "паля"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "palisada",
      "sense": "fence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "палисада"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "palissada"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "estacada"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fence",
      "word": "圍籬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wéilí",
      "sense": "fence",
      "word": "围篱"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fence",
      "word": "paaluaita"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saku",
      "sense": "fence",
      "word": "柵"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "fence",
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      "word": "palenc"
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      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "fence",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "palenca"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "code": "oc",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "palencada"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "častokól",
      "sense": "fence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "частоко́л"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "fence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "callaid"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "častokil",
      "sense": "fence",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "частокіл"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "word": "палісад"
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  "word": "paling"
}

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