Meaning
3 sensesAn enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
We had a small corral out back where we kept our pet llama.
Einpferchung, Gehege, Viehhof
заго́нzagón
загі́нzahín
An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group.
Please return the shopping carts to the corral.
A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense.
The wagon train formed a corral to protect against Comanche attacks.
Wagenburg
More definitions
- a pen for cattle
Examples
13 sentencesNASA wants to corral an asteroid.
The ewes have their own corral.
The ewes were in the corral.
Ziri got the sheep in the corral.
The cows started running in the corral.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
enclosure for livestock:
Русский
By meaning 1
enclosure for livestock:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
enclosure for livestock:
circle of wagons:
Origin
From Spanish corral. Doublet of kraal.From Spanish corral. Doublet of kraal.
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