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corralled

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cor⋅ral

  [kuh-ral] noun, verb, -ralled, -ral⋅ling.
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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.
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
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cor·ral   (kə-rāl')   
n.  

  1. An enclosure for confining livestock.

  2. An enclosure formed by a circle of wagons for defense against attack during an encampment.

tr.v.   cor·ralled, cor·ral·ling, cor·rals

  1. To drive into and hold in a corral.

  2. To arrange (wagons) in a corral.

  3. To take control or possession of.

  4. To gather; garner: "difficult for congressional leadership to corral a majority of votes" (Don J. Pease).


[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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