English Explanatory Dictionary

parrock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An enclosed area of land; a small field or a paddock.
verb
  1. To enclose or shut in; park.

Word forms

parrock parrocks parrocking parrocked

Etymology

From Middle English parrok, from Old English pearruc, pearroc (“clatrum, fence by which a space is enclosed, enclosure, enclosed land”), perhaps from post-classic Latin parricus (compare park). Cognate with Dutch perk (“flowerbed”), German Pferch (“pen, fold”).

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