Signification

• Noun

  1. A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
  2. An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
  3. An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
  4. (slang) A field on which a game is played; a playing field.
  5. A field of grassland of any size, either enclosed by fences or delimited by geographical boundaries, especially a large area for keeping cattle or sheep.
  6. A place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) is excavated; also, a place for storing ore, washdirt, etc.

• Verb