paddock

IPA: pˈædʌk

(also figuratively) A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
(by extension)
(horse racing) An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
(motor racing) An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
(sports, slang) A field on which a game is played; a playing field.
(Australia, New Zealand) A field of grassland of any size, either enclosed by fences or delimited by geographical boundaries, especially a large area for keeping cattle or sheep.
(chiefly Australia, New Zealand, mining) A place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) is excavated; also, a place for storing ore, washdirt, etc.
(chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland)
A frog.
A toad.
(derogatory) A contemptible, or malicious or nasty, person.
(Scotland) A simple, usually triangular, sledge which is dragged along the ground to transport items.
A surname.

(often passive voice) To place or keep (cattle, horses, sheep, or other animals) within a paddock (noun sense 1 or 2.4); hence, to provide (such animals) with pasture.
To enclose or fence in (land) to form a paddock.
(mining)
(also intransitive) To excavate washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) from (a superficial deposit).
(obsolete) To store (ore, washdirt, etc.) in a paddock (noun sense 2.5).

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