Associations to the word «Paling»

Wiktionary

PALING, verb. Present participle of pale
PALING, noun. A pointed stick used to make a fence.
PALING, noun. A fence made of palings.
PALING BOARD, noun. (UK) One of the slabs sawn from the sides of a log to fit it to be sawn into boards.
PALING BOARDS, noun. Plural of paling board

Dictionary definition

PALING, noun. A fence made of upright pickets.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats