paling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a fence made of upright pickets
    picket fence.
  2. verb turn pale, as if in fear
    blanch; blench; pale.
  3. verb become friends; act friendly towards
    pal; chum up; pal up.

WordNet


Pal"ing noun
Definitions
  1. Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure.
    They moved within the paling of order and decorum. De Quincey.
  2. The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the stripes themselves. Obs. Chaucer.

Webster 1913