paling /ˈpeɪlɪŋ/ noun3 •A pointed stick used to make a fence.The boys continued hitting the tennis ball with pailings snatched from a fence […] — 1969 •A fence made of palings.The park paling was still the boundary on one side, and she soon passed one of the gates into the ground. — 1813 •(Caribbean) A fence made of galvanized sheeting.He worked badly. He had to paint a large sign on a corrugated iron paling. Doing letters on a corrugated surface was bad enough; to paint a cow and a gate, as he had to, was maddening. — 1961 formspalings