PADDOCK

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 23

This term was formerly applied to a strip of ground in a park, paled round, for hounds to run matches in; but at present it is chiefly used to denote a small enclosure under pasture, immediately adjoining the stables of a domain, for turning in a sick horse, a mare and foal, or any similar purpose. [s. 886]