Definition of Paling

Pal´ing
n.1.Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure.
They moved within the paling of order and decorum.
- De Quincey.
2.The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the stripes themselves.
Paling board
one of the slabs sawed from the sides of a log to fit it to be sawed into boards.


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fence, fencing, pale, picket, picket fence


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