Paddock

The term paddock may refer to

*the name for an enclosure where horses are kept in British English.
*in Australian and New Zealand English, the term can mean any field in the agricultural sense (as opposed to a playing field)
*the enclosed area at a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race, and unsaddled after a race. [Summerhayes, R.S., Encyclopaedia for Horsemen, Frederick Warne & Co, London & New York, 1966]
*the area at a Greyhound racing track where Greyhounds are housed and inspected before a race
*an enclosure at a Motor racing track used by team support personnel and vehicles, and other officials and VIPs
* a toad mentioned by the witches in the first act of William Shakespeare's play MacBeth. "Paddock" is an archaic English word for "toad"
* a frog, as mentioned in the 1382 edition of the Wycliffe [middle] English Bible: Exodus 8:2-13
*Paddock (war rooms), a two-level concrete citadel in Dollis Hill serving as war rooms for Winston Churchill during World War II

People

*Algernon Paddock (1830-1897), American politician
*Benjamin Henry Paddock, 19th century Bishop of Massachusetts
*Charlie Paddock (1900-1943), American athlete and actor
*George A. Paddock (1885-1964), American politician
*John Paddock (born 1954), Canadian hockey coach
*John Adams Paddock, 19th century American Bishop
*Tom Paddock, 19th century British boxing champion

Places

*Paddock, Huddersfield, suburb in England
*Paddock Wood, village in Kent, England
*Paddock Township, Gage County, Nebraska, in the United States
*Paddock Township, Holt County, Nebraska, in the United States