pale
IPA: pˈeɪɫ
noun
- (obsolete) Paleness; pallor.
- A wooden stake; a picket.
- (archaic) Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
- (by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).
- The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
- (heraldry) A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
- (archaic) A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
- (historical) The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction.
- (historical) The territory around Calais under English control (from the 14th to 16th centuries).
- (historical) A portion of Russia in which Jews were permitted to live.
- (archaic) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
- A cheese scoop.
- (historical) The part of Ireland directly under the control of the English government in the Late Middle Ages.
verb
- (intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour.
- (intransitive) To become insignificant.
- (transitive) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
- To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
adjective
- Light in color.
- (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
- Feeble, faint.
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