Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An inclosure; a park; a croft or small field.
- noun See the quotation.
- To inclose or shut in; park.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. A croft, or small field; a paddock.
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- verb transitive To
inclose or shut in;park . - noun UK, dialect An
inclosure ; apark ; acroft , or smallfield ; apaddock .
Etymologies
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From Middle English parroken, parrokken, from parrok. See above.
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From Middle English parrok, from Old English pearruc, pearroc ("clatrum, fence by which a space is enclosed, enclosure, enclosed land"). See park.
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ruzuzu commented on the word parrock
The Century Dictionary definition for parrock advises us to see "the quotation." I think this was it:
"'Paul primus heremita hadde parroked hym-selue,
That no man myghte se hym for muche mos and lenes.'
Piers Plowman (C), xviii."
- The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
July 31, 2010