Paling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpeɪlɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Paling is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of pale.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of pale.
More Meanings
- A pointed stick used to make a fence.
- A fence made of palings.
- (Caribbean) A fence made of galvanized sheeting.
Example Sentences
The boys continued hitting the tennis ball with pailings snatched from a fence […]
The park paling was still the boundary on one side, and she soon passed one of the gates into the ground.
The smell of the damp eucalypt palings that clad the walls exhaling their aromatic resin into the house, mingling with the fragrance of the myrtle burning in the fireplace.
He worked badly. He had to paint a large sign on a corrugated iron paling. Doing letters on a corrugated surface was bad enough; to paint a cow and a gate, as he had to, was maddening.
Word Forms
- palings
Synonyms for paling
Depending on context, synonyms include decreasing, fading.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fading, decreasing, palisade, pike, fencepole, poke.
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