Pale \Pale\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paled; p. pr. & vb. n. Paling.]

To turn pale; to lose color or luster. --Whittier.

Apt to pale at a trodden worm. --Mrs. Browning.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Paling \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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)