parrock

parrock · noun¹

1. Old English · inherited frompearruc
2. Middle English · inherited fromparrok
3. English todayparrock

From Middle English parrok, from Old English pearruc, pearroc (“clatrum, fence by which a space is enclosed, enclosure, enclosed land”), perhaps from post-classic Latin parricus (compare park). Cognate with Dutch perk (“flowerbed”), German Pferch (“pen, fold”).

parrock · verb²

1. Middle English · inherited fromparroken
2. English todayparrock

From Middle English parroken, parrokken, from parrok. See above.

First known use, by meaning

• from 9th c. An enclosed area of land; a small field or a paddock.