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Top definition. beyond the pale. The phrase beyond the pale dates back to the 14th century, when the part of Ireland that was under English rule was delineated by a boundary made of such stakes or fences, and known as the English Pale.
Pale is an old name for a pointed piece of wood driven into the ground and â by an obvious extension â to a barrier made of such stakes, a palisade or fence. Pole is from the same source, as are impale, paling and palisade. This meaning has been around in English since the fourteenth century and by the end of that century pale had taken on various figurative senses â a defence, a safeguard, a barrier, an enclosure, or a limit beyond which it was not permissible to go.