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kəˈrɑːl/
n.
N. Amer. - a pen for livestock on a farm or ranch.
- historical a defensive enclosure of wagons in an encampment.
v.
(corrals, corralling, corralled)
- chiefly N. Amer. put or keep (livestock) in a corral.
▸gather (a group) together.
- N. Amer. historical form (wagons) into a corral.
Etymology
C16: from Sp. and Old Port. (now curral), perh. based on L. currere ‘to run’; cf. kraal.