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cor⋅ral
[kuh-ral] 
noun, verb, -ralled, -ral⋅ling.–noun
| 1. | an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc. |
| 2. | a circular enclosure formed by wagons during an encampment, as by covered wagons crossing the North American plains in the 19th century, for defense against attack. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to confine in or as if in a corral. |
| 4. | Informal.
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| 5. | to form (wagons) into a corral. |
Origin:
1575–85; < Sp < LL *currāle enclosure for carts, equiv. to L curr(us) wagon, cart (deriv. of currere to run) + -āle, neut. of -ālis -al 1
1575–85; < Sp < LL *currāle enclosure for carts, equiv. to L curr(us) wagon, cart (deriv. of currere to run) + -āle, neut. of -ālis -al 1
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| cor·ral (kə-rāl') n.
[Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *currāle, enclosure for carts, from Latin currus, cart, from currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Corral
Cor*ral"\ (k?r-r?l"; Sp. k?r-r?l"), n. [Sp., a yard, a yard for cattle, fr. corro a circle or ring, fr. L. currere to run. Cf. Kraal.] A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc.Corral
Cor*ral"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corraled (-r?ld" or -r?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Corralling.] To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything. --Bartlett.
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Language Translation for : corral
Spanish:
corral,
German:
der Hof eines Bauerngutes, Bauernhof-…,
Japanese:
農家の庭
corral
1582, from Sp. corro but origin uncertain. Perhaps ult. African, or from V.L. *currale "enclosure for vehicles," from L. currus "two-wheeled vehicle." Port. cognate curral is the source of S.African kraal "village, pen, enclosure." The verb meaning "to lay hold of, collar," is U.S. slang from 1860.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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corral
any temporary or permanent theatre structure established in an inn's courtyard in England or a residential courtyard in Spain. Under Elizabeth I, many plays were performed in the courtyards of London inns, with the first-recorded innyard performance in 1557. By 1576 there were five courtyard theatres in London, but they declined thereafter, since by then London had two permanent theatres
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