PADDOCK

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1842 · p. 33

This term was formerly applied to aj strip of ground in a park, palled round, for hounds to run] matches in; but at present it is chiefly used to denote aj small enclosure under pasture, immediately adjoining thej stables of a domain, for turning in a sick horse, a mare| and foal, or any similar purpose. [s. 879]