A strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to the ground and/or on the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines etc are secured.
A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.
A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
Limits, bounds (especially before of).
A cheese scoop.
The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
A wooden stake; a picket.
Feeble, faint.
Light in color.
Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
To turn pale; to lose colour.
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
To become insignificant.