pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race
"The trainer led the favorite out of the paddock, letting the crowd see its fresh coat before it stepped onto the track."
A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially for horses.
"The old man shivered in his nightgown, complaining that the basement was cold as a paddock after the rain started falling."
A frog or toad. Cold as a paddock.
To provide with a paddock.
"The farm manager decided to paddock the new calf in the secure enclosure until it recovered from its illness."
A surname.
"The local horse breeder, Mr. Paddock, won the championship again this year."