the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > a paling > a stake
pale board1483
garden pale1591
stab1680
paling1820
stake1897
1483–4 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 98 12 plaustratorum de lez payllbordes.
1682 in Jrnl. Statist. Soc. (1858) 21 394/2 100 pale boards, 12s.; 2 horse brigs with gates, 13s. 4d.
1986 G. SzirtesSel. Poems (1996) 48 A stutter of pale boards, the names of sleep.