Antonyms for palings

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pey-ling

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪ lɪŋ

Definition of palings

Origin : early 14c., from Old French paile "pale, light-colored" (12c., Modern French pâle), from Latin pallidus "pale, pallid, wan, colorless," from pallere "be pale, grow pale," from PIE *pel- (2) "pale" (see pallor). Pale-face, supposed North American Indian word for "European," is attested from 1822.

As in picket : noun post of structure
As in rail/railing : noun post, pole along an edge
As in bar : noun rod; straight length of material
As in stake : noun pole
As in railing : noun post
As in fence : noun barrier used to enclose a piece of land

Example sentences :

She took it up the lane to the place where the man is; and they put it behind the palings.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

It was made of palings, pointed; I should think it was five feet high.
Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various

And so he must now be leaning against a wall, or lying behind some palings.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

And he indicated a group of three that had that moment passed the palings.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

She will get through the palings, if we don't mind, and into the yard.
Extract from : « The Fairchild Family » by Mary Martha Sherwood

We were few in number, and the palings were hard and uncomfortable.
Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed

I could just distinguish a head above the palings moving along the road.
Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid

In "The Ark" the lion almost breaks out of his enclosure of palings.
Extract from : « Negro Folk Rhymes » by Thomas W. Talley

There stood the goat gazing unconcernedly through the palings.
Extract from : « Lisbeth Longfrock » by Hans Aanrud

Madame Clementine came out to her palings and picked some of her nasturtiums for me.
Extract from : « The Blue Man » by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

Synonyms for palings

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