corral

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Spanish corral. Doublet of kraal.

1. An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.

   “We had a small corral out back where we kept our pet llama.”

2. An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group.

   “Please return the shopping carts to the corral.”

3. A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense.

   “The wagon train formed a corral to protect against Comanche attacks.”

verb

Etymology: From Spanish corral. Doublet of kraal.

1. To capture or round up.

   “Between us, we managed to corral the puppies in the kitchen.”

   “I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.”

2. To place inside of a corral.

   “After we corralled the last steer, we headed off to the chuck wagon for dinner.”

3. To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral.

   “The cattle drivers corralled their wagons for the night.”