| 单词 | park paling |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspark paling park paling n. (a pale in) a fence surrounding a park; (in extended use) †a light, cheap, long-barrelled gun formerly manufactured for use as a commodity in slave trading (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > that which encloses > an enclosing barrier > round land or buildings > round a park park palec1540 park paling1813 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > surrounding > of a park park palec1540 park paling1813 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice II. xii. 136 The park paling was still the boundary on one side, and she soon passed one of the gates into the ground. View more context for this quotation 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 14 Birmingham is the emporium of the world for guns, from the..‘park paling’ so called, of the slave-trade..up to the elaborately-finished gun of the peer. 1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 12 The high Lodge gate in the split-oak park palings. < as lemmas |
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