pale² /pāl/

1. A stake of wood driven into the ground for fencing
2. Anything that encloses or fences in
3. A limit
4. The limit of what can be accepted as decent or tolerable (figurative)
5. An enclosure
6. A marked-off district
7. A broad stripe from top to bottom of a shield (heraldry)

1. To enclose with stakes
2. To fence
3. To encircle, crown (Shakespeare)

paleˈwise adverb (heraldry)

Vertically, like a pale

palificāˈtion /pal- or pāl-/ noun

The act of strengthening with stakes

pālˈiform adjective

pālˈing noun

1. The act of fencing
2. Wood or stakes for fencing
3. A fence of stakes connected by horizontal pieces
4. An upright stake or board in a fence

pālˈy adjective (heraldry)

Divided by vertical lines

beyond the pale

1. Intolerable
2. Unacceptable

• overegged
• overegging
• overeggs
• overelaborate
• over-emotional
• overemphases
• overemphasis
• overemphasise
• overemphasised
• overemphasises
• overemphasising
• overemphasize
• overemphasized
• overemphasizes
• overemphasizing
• overestimate
• overestimated
• overestimates
• overestimating
• overestimation
• overestimations
• over-exact
• overexcitability
• overexcitable
• overexcite