Paling

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pale \Pale\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paled} (p[=a]ld); p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Paling}.]
     To turn pale; to lose color or luster. --Whittier.
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           Apt to pale at a trodden worm.           --Mrs.


                                                    Browning.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paling \Pal"ing\, n.
     1. Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a
        limit; an inclosure.
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              They moved within the paling of order and decorum.
                                                    --De Quincey.
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     2. The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the
        stripes themselves. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     {Paling board}, one of the slabs sawed from the sides of a
        log to fit it to be sawed into boards. [Eng.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paling
       n : a fence made of upright pickets [syn: {picket fence}]