About The Word Corral
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Corral
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What's The Definition Of Corral?
[n] a pen for cattle
[v] collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election" [v] arrange wagons so that they form a corral [v] enclose in a corral; "corral the horses" Synonyms | Synonyms for Corral: cattle pen | cow pen Related Terms | Find terms related to Corral: accumulate | acquire | agglomerate | aggregate | aggroup | amass | assemble | bag | batch | be seized of | beleaguer | beset | besiege | blockade | bound | box in | bring together | bulk | bunch | bunch together | bunch up | cage | capture | catch | chamber | close in | clump | cluster | collect | colligate | collocate | combine | come by | come in for | come into | compare | compass | compile | conglomerate | contain | contract | coop | coop in | coop up | cordon | cordon off | cumulate | derive | dig up | drag down | draw | draw together | dredge up | drive | drive together | drove | earn | encircle | enclose | encompass | enshrine | enter into possession | fence | fence in | gain | gather | gather in | gather together | get | get in | get together | goad | group | harvest | hedge | hedge in | hem | hem in | herd | house in | impound | imprison | incarcerate | include | jail | join | juxtapose | kennel | lash | leaguer | lump together | make | make up | mass | match | mew | mew up | mobilize | muster | net | obtain | pair | partner | pen | pen in | pocket | prick | procure | pull down | punch cattle | put together | quarantine | rail in | raise | rake up | rally | reap | ride herd on | round up | sack | score | scrape together | secure | shepherd | shrine | shut in | shut up | spur | stable | surround | take | take up | wall in | whip | whip in | win | wrangle | wrap | yard | yard up See Also | accumulate | amass | arrange | collect | compile | enclose | hoard | inclose | pen | pile up | set up | shut in Corral In Webster's Dictionary \Cor*ral"\ (k?r-r?l"; Sp. k?r-r?l"), n. [Sp., a yard, a
yard for cattle, fr. corro a circle or ring, fr. L. currere
to run. Cf. {Kraal}.]
A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by
emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of
security for horses, cattle, etc.
\Cor*ral"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corraled} (-r?ld" or -r?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corralling}.] To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything. --Bartlett. |
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