paddock

A fenced area, usually near a stable, used chiefly for grazing horses.

An enclosure at a racetrack where the horses are assembled, saddled, and paraded before each race.

An area of an automobile racetrack where cars are prepared before a race.

A piece of fenced-in land.

To confine in a paddock.

Applied depreciatively to a person: in the play of “Macbeth,” an evil spirit or a familar.

A piece of land of any size, inclosed or not, used for cultivation.

In mining: A store-yard near a mine-shaft for ore or wash-dirt.

An open excavation in a superficial deposit.