Definition of "paling"
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noun
plural palings
Quotations
Gentlemen must have observed that many of the nurserymen’s plantations were wide and extensive, some of them covering several acres; and that their palings and fences were for the most part low, and might be so weak and out of repair, as to afford a very insufficient security against the inroads of robbers and spoilers.
1789, Alderman Le Mesurier, addressing the House of Commons, in The Parliamentary Register, London: John Debrett, Volume 26, p. 172
The wide doors and windows of the restaurant stood open, beneath large awnings, to a wide pavement, where there were other plants in tubs, and rows of spreading trees, and beyond which there was a large shady square, without any palings, and with marble-paved walks.
1878, Henry James, An International Episode