[kuh-ral] 
noun, verb, -ralled, -ral⋅ling.| 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. |
| 3. | to confine in or as if in a corral. |
| 4. | Informal.
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| 5. | to form (wagons) into a corral. |
| 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.] |
