corral
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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.
a.
to seize; capture.
b.
to collect, gather, or garner: to corral votes.
5.
to form (wagons) into a corral.
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Origin:
1575–85; < Spanish < Late Latin *currāle enclosure for carts, equivalent to Latin curr(us) wagon, cart (derivative of currere to run) + -āle, neuter of -ālis -al1
1575–85; < Spanish < Late Latin *currāle enclosure for carts, equivalent to Latin curr(us) wagon, cart (derivative of currere to run) + -āle, neuter of -ālis -al1
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corral (kɒˈrɑːl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) an enclosure for confining cattle or horses |
| 2. | chiefly (US) (formerly) a defensive enclosure formed by a ring of covered wagons |
| —vb , -rals, -ralling, -ralled | |
| 3. | to drive into and confine in or as in a corral |
| 4. | informal to capture |
| [C16: from Spanish, from Vulgar Latin currāle (unattested) area for vehicles, from Latin currus wagon, from currere to run] | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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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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Example sentences
So there's three ways that we've found to corral email into one easy-to-use place.
The bigger the bottle, however, the better its ability to corral plasma.
Corral these gases, and they can flow through a fuel cell, generating power through the dark hours.
Create a binder or a file folder to corral paper items that come up for each course.
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