kraal
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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a hut village in southern Africa, esp one surrounded by a stockade |
| 2. | an enclosure for livestock |
| —adj | |
| 3. | denoting or relating to the tribal aspects of the Black African way of life |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to enclose (livestock) in a kraal |
| [C18: from Afrikaans, from Portuguese curral pen; see | |
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