[krahl] 
| 1. | an enclosure for cattle and other domestic animals in southern Africa. |
| 2. | a village of the native peoples of South Africa, usually surrounded by a stockade or the like and often having a central space for livestock. |
| 3. | such a village as a social unit. |
| 4. | an enclosure where wild animals are exhibited, as in a zoo. |
| 5. | to shut up in a krall, as cattle. |
| kraal (krôl, kräl) n. South African
[Afrikaans, from Portuguese curral, pen, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *currāle, enclosure for carts; see corral.] |
