corral

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corral /kəˈrɑːl/

▶noun N. Amer.

• 1 a pen for livestock on a farm or ranch.

• 2 historical a defensive enclosure of wagons in an encampment.

▶verb (corrals, corralling, corralled)

• 1 chiefly N. Amer. put or keep (livestock) in a corral.

  ■ gather (a group) together.

• 2 N. Amer. historical form (wagons) into a corral.

– origin C16: from Sp. and Old Port. (now curral), perh. based on L. currere ‘to run’; cf. kraal.