Paddock

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Template:Wiktionarypar The term paddock may refer to

• the name for an enclosure for livestock or a field in the UK, Australia or New Zealand.
• the enclosed area at a racecourse where horses are assembled, saddled and mounted before a race.
• the area at a Greyhound racing track where Greyhounds are housed and inspected before a race.
• an enclosure at a Motor racing track used by team support personnel and vehicles, and other officials and VIPs.
• a term often used for a rugby field
• a toad mentioned by the witches in the first act of William Shakespeare's play MacBeth. Paddock is an archaic English word for "toad."
• a two-level concrete citadel in Dollis Hill serving as war rooms for Churchill during World War II

People

• Charlie Paddock, 20th century American athlete and actor
• John Adams Paddock, 19th century American Bishop
• Tom Paddock, 19th century British boxing champion

Places

• Paddock, a suburb of Huddersfield, England
• Paddock Wood, a village in Kent, England

See also

• Paddick

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