<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A small, usually enclosed field near a stable or barn for pasturing or exercising animals.</li><li>The enclosure in which horses are saddled and mounted before a race.</li><li>Australian: any enclosed field or pasture.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to confine or enclose in or as in a paddock.</li></ul>