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   Cor·ral

   /kəˈral/

   

   verb

   • 1. gather together and confine (a group of people or things): "the organizers were corralling the crowd into marching formation"
   • 2. put or keep (livestock) in a corral: North American "sheep and goats grazed the plains during the day but they were corralled at night"
   • ▪ form (wagons) into a corral: historical "the wagons, in forming the encampment, were corralled"

   noun

   • 1. a pen for livestock, especially cattle or horses, on a farm or ranch: North American "he was galloping a pony very fast around a tiny corral"
   • ▪ a defensive enclosure of wagons in an encampment. North American

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Spanish and Old Portuguese (now curral), perhaps based on Latin currere ‘to run’. Compare with kraal.

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   What does Corral mean?

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   What is a corral used for?

   • To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral. The cattle drivers corralled their wagons for the night. A corral is an enclosure for confining livestock, such as cattle or horses. It's typically made of fences or walls to keep animals secure and contained in one area, often used for sorting, branding, or loading them.

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   What does Curral mean?

   • curral, encurralar… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! CORRAL meaning: 1. an area surrounded by a fence for keeping horses or cattle in, especially in North America 2. to…. Learn more.

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   Is Corral a first name?

   • Corral (236) may also be a first name. Spanish: topographic name for someone who lived near an enclosure for livestock, corral. There are numerous places named with this word, in both the singular and plural forms, and to a large extent the surname is a habitational name from these. The last name Corral occurs most in Mexico.

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   noun. an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc. 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) , cor·ralled, cor·ral·ling. to confine in or as if in a corral. Informal. to seize; capture.

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   A corral is a pen for horses, cows, or other livestock. If your sheep get out of the corral, you'll have to take the dogs out to help you round them up again. The word corral comes either from the Spanish word corro, which means ring, or from the Old Portuguese word curral, meaning pen or enclosure. As a verb, corral means to gather up or ...

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