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paling
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synonyms: palisade ???
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Definition:a fence made from wood or metal stakes
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right before him flashed the palings of the barrier.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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The palings of Rosings Park was their boundary on one side.
Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice (1813)
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a man turned from the Rue Saint-Antoine at a run, made the circuit of the enclosure of the column of July, and glided between the palings until he was underneath the belly of the elephant.
Victor Hugo. Les Misérables (1862)
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