parrock
English
Etymology 1
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”).
Noun
parrock (plural parrocks)
- (now chiefly Scotland, England regional) An enclosed area of land; a small field or a paddock. [from 9th c.]
- 2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 231:
- James Broadbent did not wonder what Isaac Hartley was doing in the sodden parrock that lay behind Elphaborough Hall in the fading light of day […] .
Etymology 2
From Middle English parroken, parrokken, from parrok. See above.
Verb
parrock (third-person singular simple present parrocks, present participle parrocking, simple past and past participle parrocked)
References
- “parrock”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
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