English▸ noun a small field or enclosure where horses are kept or exercised.
▪ an enclosure adjoining a racetrack where horses are gathered and displayed before a race:
I went across the course to see the horses in the paddock.
▸ verb [with object] (usually be paddocked) keep or enclose (a horse) in a paddock:
horses paddocked on a hillside.
– ORIGIN early 17th century : apparently a variant of dialect parrock, of unknown ultimate origin.