paddock

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
2. 2
   An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
3. 3
   An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
4. 4
   A field on which a game is played; a playing field.
5. 5
   A field of grassland of any size, either enclosed by fences or delimited by geographical boundaries, especially a large area for keeping cattle or sheep.
6. 6
   A place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) is excavated; also, a place for storing ore, washdirt, etc.
7. 7
   A frog.
8. 8
   A toad.
9. 9
   A contemptible, or malicious or nasty, person.
10. 10
    A simple, usually triangular, sledge which is dragged along the ground to transport items.

Verb

1. 1
   To place or keep (cattle, horses, sheep, or other animals) within a paddock (noun sense 1 or 2.4); hence, to provide (such animals) with pasture.
2. 2
   To enclose or fence in (land) to form a paddock.
3. 3
   To excavate washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) from (a superficial deposit).
4. 4
   To store (ore, washdirt, etc.) in a paddock (noun sense 2.5).

Proper noun

1. 1
   An English surname.