Pal·ing n.
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.]
Paling board, one of the slabs sawed from the sides of a log to fit it to be sawed into boards. [Eng.]
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