paling in French
paling in French is pieu — paling means a pointed wooden post used to build a fence.
paling in French
pieu
A pointed stick used to make a fence.
What does "paling" mean?
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noun A pointed wooden post used to build a fence.
"The smell of the damp eucalypt palings that clad the walls exhaling their aromatic resin into the house, mingling with the fragrance of the myrtle burning in the fireplace."
- noun A fence built from upright pointed posts.
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noun A fence made from sheets of galvanised metal.
"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."
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paling in a sentence
- The smell of the damp eucalypt palings that clad the walls exhaling their aromatic resin into the house, mingling with the fragrance of the myrtle burning in the fireplace.
- 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.
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What is "paling" in French?
"paling" in French is pieu. paling means: A pointed wooden post used to build a fence.
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