Associations to the word «Paling»
Noun
Adjective
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.