Associations to the word «Paling»

Wiktionary

PALING, verb. Present participle of pale
PALING, noun. A pointed stick used to make a fence.
PALING, noun. A fence made of palings.
PALING BOARD, noun. (UK) One of the slabs sawn from the sides of a log to fit it to be sawn into boards.
PALING BOARDS, noun. Plural of paling board

Dictionary definition

PALING, noun. A fence made of upright pickets.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King