▪ I. paled, ppl. a.1
(peɪld, poet. ˈpeɪlɪd)
[f. pale v.1 or n.1 + -ed.]
† 1. Furnished or marked with (vertical) stripes; striped; in Her. = paly. Obs.
| 1395 E. E. Wills (1882) 5 A bed paled blak and whit, with the tapites of sute. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1375 A preker..That beres alle of pourpour, palyde with sylver. c 1530 Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 452 All in cotes of scarlet paled with grene. 1572 J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 30 b, Such Armes be called Armes pailed, for they bee made after the manner of payles. 1596 Spenser F.Q. vi. ii. 6 Buskins he wore..Pinckt upon gold, and paled part per part. |
2. Enclosed or furnished with pales; fenced.
| 1531 Nottingham Rec. III. 371 The paled garden in the Narro Mersshe. 1602 2nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. ii. i. 581 Musty mewes, where we haue spent Our youthfull dayes in paled langushment. 1795 Fate of Sedley II. 20 A little paled garden fronting the cottage. 1821 Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 51 The paled road..The only path that freedom's rights maintain'd. |
† b. Bot. Having ‘pales’ (pale n.1 7). Obs.
| 1704 Dict. Rust., Paled-Flowers,..those..that have Leaves set about a Head or Thrum, as in Marigolds. 1782 Chambers' Cycl. (ed. Rees), Paled flowers. |
3. Constructed with pales or vertical bars.
| 1816 Sporting Mag. XLVIII. 27 The poachers..advanced down the ride towards the paled gate. |
▪ II. paled, ppl. a.2 rare.
(as prec.)
[f. pale v.2 + -ed1.]
Rendered pale. Hence ˈpaledness.
| 1593 T. Watson Teares Fancie xix, Eies in their teares my paled face disclosed. 1594 R. Carew Tasso (1881) 55 Seely children, and vnarmed old, And womens rout of feare ypaled hew. 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche vii. lxxi, Her doubtful Look, Where Paledness and Blushes mutually Their timorous and graceful station took. |
▪ III. paled
obs. form of palled: see pall v.