paling

«paling» in Mova's school dictionary: part of a fence — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a paling, palings); verb form of «pale» (pale, pales, paled, paling)

meaning for a pupil

1) A pointed wooden stake that is part of a fence. tree →

2) A fence made of such stakes (palings). tree →

3) «Paling» is also the -ing form of «to pale», to become pale or less bright. tree →

sense in the lessons

In older stories and The Wind in the Willows, fences of palings surround gardens and fields. In Australia, a «paling fence» is a common wooden garden fence.

examples

• The cat climbed over the palings. tree →
• (Australia) Dad fixed the paling fence. tree →
• Her face was paling with fear. tree →
• The sky was paling as dawn came. tree →
• The Mole squeezed through a gap in the palings. tree →
• A paling had fallen in the storm. tree →
• Fresh and fragrant roses hung over the little palings. tree →

note

From «pale» (a stake). Also the phrase «beyond the pale» (outside the limits of what is acceptable).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «paling» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.