parrock

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noun

An enclosed area of land; a small field or a paddock.

OriginMiddle English parrok ← Old English pearruc →
First used 9th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

parrock1

nounparrock (plural parrocks)

plural parrocks

  1. EnglandScotlandregionalAn enclosed area of land; a small field or a paddock.First known use 9th c.

    James Broadbent did not wonder what Isaac Hartley was doing in the sodden parrock that lay behind Elphaborough Hall in the fading light of day […].

    2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 231

parrock2

verbparrock (third-person singular simple present parrocks, present participle parrocking, simple past and past participle parrocked)

present singular third person parrocks · participle present parrocking · participle past parrocked · past parrocked

  1. transitiveTo enclose or shut in; park.

Origin

parrock · noun

  1. Old Englishpearruc
  2. Middle Englishparrok
  3. Englishparrock

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”).

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parrock · verb

  1. Middle Englishparroken
  2. Englishparrock

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

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APA

parrock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parrock

MLA

“parrock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parrock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parrock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parrock.

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