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craal

[krahl]
–noun
kraal.

kraal

[krahl]
–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
5. to shut up in a krall, as cattle.
Also, craal.


Origin:
1725–35; < Afrik < Pg curral pen; see corral
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