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corral
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As a noun, corral means an enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one. As a verb, it means capture or round up.
Meanings of corral
8 meaningsnoun
An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
“We had a small corral out back where we kept our pet llama.”
An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group.
“Please return the shopping carts to the corral.”
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.”
A pen for cattle
Similar: cow pen, cattle pen
verb
To capture or round up.
“Between us, we managed to corral the puppies in the kitchen.”
To place inside of a corral.
“After we corralled the last steer, we headed off to the chuck wagon for dinner.”
To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral.
“The cattle drivers corralled their wagons for the night.”
Gather and secure
“corralling votes for an election”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).