English edit

Etymology 1 edit

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).

Noun edit

parrock (plural parrocks)

  1. (now chiefly Scotland, England regional) An enclosed area of land; a small field or a paddock. [from 9th c.]
    • 2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 231:
      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 [] .

Etymology 2 edit

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

Verb edit

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

  1. (transitive) To enclose or shut in; park.

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