paddock

A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.

(Australia, New-Zealand) A field of grassland of any size, either enclosed by fences or delimited by geographical boundaries, especially a large area for keeping cattle or sheep.

An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.

An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.

(slang) A field on which a game is played; a playing field.

(Scotland, Northern-England) A frog.

(Scotland, Northern-England) A toad.

(Scotland, offensive) A contemptible, or malicious or nasty, person.

(Australia, New-Zealand) A place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) is excavated; also, a place for storing ore, washdirt, etc.

(Scotland) A simple, usually triangular, sledge which is dragged along the ground to transport items.

(Australia, New-Zealand) To place or keep (cattle, horses, sheep, or other animals) within a paddock; hence, to provide (such animals) with pasture.

(Australia, New-Zealand) To enclose or fence in (land) to form a paddock.

(Australia, New-Zealand) To excavate washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) from (a superficial deposit).

(Australia, no longer used) To store (ore, washdirt, etc.) in a paddock.