paddock
noun
[ ˈpadək ]
• a small field or enclosure where horses are kept or exercised.
Similar:
field,
meadow,
pasture,
enclosure for horses,
yard,
pen,
pound,
stockade,
park,
parrock,
corral,
parc fermé,
kraal,
potrero,
paddock
verb
• keep (a horse) in a paddock.
• "horses paddocked on a hillside"
Origin:
early 17th century: apparently a variant of dialect parrock, of unknown ultimate origin.
