Definition of "paling" in English

verb

1. present participle and gerund of pale

noun

1. A pointed stick used to make a fence.

2. A fence made of palings.

   • 1789, Alderman Le Mesurier), addressing the House of Commons, in The Parliamentary Register,ᴴᵃⁿˢᵃʳᵈ London: John Debrett, Volume 26, p. 172, 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.

3. (Caribbean) A fence made of galvanized sheeting.