paddock

  1. Noun.  ''(archaic except in dialects)'' A frog or toad.
  2. Noun.  A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially for horses.
  3. Noun.  An area where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
  4. Noun.  Land, fenced or otherwise delimited which is most often part of a sheep or cattle property.
  5. Noun.  (motor racing) an area at circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
  6. Verb.  To provide with a paddock. To keep in, or place in, a paddock.

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