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paddock ['pædәk]

n. 围场

paddock

[ noun ]
pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race
<noun.artifact>

Paddock \Pad"dock\, n. [Corrupted fr. parrock. See {Parrock}.]
1. A small inclosure or park for sporting. [Obs.]

2. A small inclosure for pasture; esp., one adjoining a
stable. --Evelyn. --Cowper.

3. An enclosure used for saddling and mounting horses prior
to a race.
[PJC]

Paddock \Pad"dock\, n. [OE. padde toad, frog + -ock; akin to D.
pad, padde, toad, Icel. & Sw. padda, Dan. padde.] (Zo["o]l.)
A toad or frog. --Wyclif. ``Loathed paddocks.'' --Spenser

{Paddock pipe} (Bot.), a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus
{Equisetum}, especially {Equisetum limosum} and the
fruiting stems of {Equisetum arvense}; -- called also
{padow pipe} and {toad pipe}. See {Equisetum}.

{Paddock stone}. See {Toadstone}.

{Paddock stool} (Bot.),a toadstool.

Beyond a paddock shared by a flock of squawking, pink-crested galahs and half-a-dozen slowly ruminating camels, the bush stretched away fresh and green.
Most of these houses carry the option of an extra four-acre paddock which has, apart from anything else, commended them to the equestrian set.
In the paddock before the go, the crowd of reporters, photographers and well-dressed gawkers around Alysheba pressed so close that trainer Jack Van Berg had to pause from his saddling ritual to warn the assemblage to stand back.
Although The Maltese Cat stood by, a human couple witnessed the simple Christian ceremony for Griffith and his bride, Kathleen Boutin, in the tree-bordered paddock at Delaware Park raceway.

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