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Meanings of paling in English

Catalan
tancat
Spanish
valla de estacas

A fence made of upright pickets.

        tancat
        Usage of paling in English
        1
        People were also employed in cutting paling for fencing in their gardens.
        An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 / ...
        2
        Stars faded in a paling blue and the desert showed faint colorings.
        Space Tug
        3
        And he jumped down from the paling and ran towards the crowd.
        The Crofton Boys
        4
        In a few steps, Dagobert and his son had reached the paling.
        The Wandering Jew — Volume 04
        5
        He laid his hand on the low paling, and vaulted over it.
        The Fallen Leaves
        6
        I could see a patch of stars, paling with the coming dawn.
        Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
        7
        Aloft, the stars were paling without any cloud-dimming, or even much twinkling.
        Dogs of war
        8
        Agnes, paling slightly, took the letter and glanced over it with surprise.
        Red Money
        9
        Over the low paling she heard the neighbours' children at their play.
        The Mormon Prophet
        10
        With his own hands, over the garden-paling of a house at Ramsgate.
        The Fallen Leaves
        11
        Anger lit Janx's eyes, green paling to the color of new leaves.
        Heart of stone
        12
        But there was one nice paling, and Dandy flew over it beautifully.
        The Eustace Diamonds
        13
        George quickly interposes, his countenance paling, and his eyes wandering in excitement.
        Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
        14
        George quietly interposes, his countenance paling, and his eyes wandering in excitement.
        An Outcast; Or, Virtue and Faith
        15
        Mrs. Jenkins and Mrs. Reid moved away, leaving Tommy by the paling.
        Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922
        16
        He was tortured by a fixed image of Rose, suffering and paling.
        Robert Elsmere
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        Translations for paling
        Paling through the time
        Paling across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common