pale (1) — OET

pale1

noun

1 the pales of a fence:

stake, post, pole, paling, picket, upright;

palisade.

2 they stand outside the pale of family and community life:

boundary, confines, bounds, limits.

□ beyond the pale

his behaviour was beyond the pale:

unacceptable, unseemly, improper, indiscreet, unsuitable, irregular, unreasonable, intolerable, disgraceful, deplorable, outrageous, scandalous, shocking, insupportable, objectionable, offensive, distasteful;

informal not on, not the done thing, out of order, out of line;

dated not quite the thing;

Australian, New Zealand, informal over the fence;

rare exceptionable.

pale (2) Oxford Dictionary of English