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   paddock

   /ˈpadək/

   noun

   • 1. a small field or enclosure where horses are kept or exercised.
   • ▪ an enclosure adjoining a racecourse or track where horses or cars are gathered and displayed before a race: "I went across the course to see the horses in the paddock"
   • ▪ a field or plot of land enclosed by fencing or defined by natural boundaries: "the sheep have returned to their previously grazed paddocks"

   verb

   • 1. keep (a horse) in a paddock: "horses paddocked on a hillside"

   Word Origin early 17th century: apparently a variant of dialect parrock, of unknown ultimate origin.

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