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paddock

 
Dictionary: pad·dock   (păd'ək) pronunciation
n.
  1. A fenced area, usually near a stable, used chiefly for grazing horses.
  2. 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.
  3. Australian. A piece of fenced-in land.
tr.v., -docked, -dock·ing, -docks.
To confine in a paddock.

[Alteration of Middle English parrok, from Old English pearroc.]


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A small field near a house or barn in which animals, usually horses, are enclosed.


A fenced field or enclosure.

  • joining p. — used for mating.
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The term paddock may refer to

  • the name for an enclosure where horses are kept in British English.
  • in Australian and New Zealand English, the term can mean any field in the agricultural sense (as opposed to a playing field)
  • the enclosed area at a race track where horses are paraded and mounted before a race, and unsaddled after a race.[1]
  • the area at a Greyhound racing track where Greyhounds are housed and inspected before a race
  • an enclosure at a Motor racing track used by team support personnel and vehicles, and other officials and VIPs
  • a toad mentioned by the witches in the first act of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Paddock is an archaic English word for "toad"
  • a frog, as mentioned in the 1382 edition of the Wycliffe [middle] English Bible: Exodus 8:2-13
  • Paddock (war rooms), a two-level concrete citadel in Dollis Hill serving as war rooms for Winston Churchill during World War II

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References

  1. ^ Summerhayes, R.S., Encyclopaedia for Horsemen, Frederick Warne & Co, London & New York, 1966

Translations: Paddock
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vænge, indhegning
v. tr. - indhegne

Nederlands (Dutch)
omheind stuk (gras) land, parkeerplaats op autoracebaan

Français (French)
n. - enclos, paddock, box
v. tr. - enfermer dans un paddock

Deutsch (German)
n. - Koppel, Sattelplatz, Fahrerlager
v. - einsperren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - περίφρακτο λιβάδι για εκπαιδευόμενα άλογα
v. - κλείνω σε περίφρακτο λιβάδι

Italiano (Italian)
recinto, rana, rospo, recintare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - padoque (m), cercado (m) (Desp.)
v. - colocar animais (esp. cavalos) no padoque

Русский (Russian)
пастбище, загон, загонять, лягушка

Español (Spanish)
n. - potrero, dehesa, corral
v. tr. - confinar en una dehesa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hästhage, sadelplats (vid kapplöpningsbana)
v. - inhägna hästar

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
小牧场, 围场, 把...关入围场

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小牧場, 圍場
v. tr. - 把...關入圍場

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 작은 방목장, 경마장의 잔디밭
v. tr. - 둘러싸다, 가두다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小牧場, パドック

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حقل صغير لترويض الخيل, مرج, ضفدع (فعل) يروض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שטח המוקצה לסוסים או למכוניות לפני מירוץ, גדרה (לסוסים), שדה, חלקה‬
v. tr. - ‮סגר או החזיק בגדרה‬


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