paling
/ˈpeɪlɪŋ/
noun
- A fence made of pointed wooden stakes or pales.
- The garden was surrounded by a white paling that kept the deer out.
- A section of the paling had blown down in the storm.
- We replaced the old rotting paling with a new cedar fence.
- A single pointed stake used in such a fence.
- He painted each paling a different color for a playful look.
- The dog squeezed through a gap where a paling was missing.
- One of the palings was loose and needed to be hammered back in.
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adjective
- Becoming lighter or weaker in color; fading.
- The paling sky signaled the approach of dawn.
- Her paling complexion worried the doctor.
- The photograph showed a paling image of the old house.
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