\Pal"ing\, n.
1. Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a
   limit; an inclosure.
         They moved within the paling of order and decorum.
                                               --De Quincey.
2. The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the
   stripes themselves. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{Paling board}, one of the slabs sawed from the sides of a
   log to fit it to be sawed into boards. [Eng.]