corral (redirected from corralling)

cor·ral  (k-rl)

n.

1. An enclosure for confining livestock.

2. An enclosure formed by a circle of wagons for defense against attack during an encampment.

tr.v. cor·ralled, cor·ral·ling, cor·rals

1. To drive into and hold in a corral.

2. To arrange (wagons) in a corral.

3. To take control or possession of.

4. To gather; garner: "difficult for congressional leadership to corral a majority of votes" Don J. Pease.

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[Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *currle, enclosure for carts, from Latin currus, cart, from currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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corral US & Canad

Noun

an enclosure for cattle or horses

Verb

[-ralling, -ralled]

to put in a corral [Spanish]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	corral - a pen for cattle                     cattle pen, cow pen pen - an enclosure for confining livestock
Verb	1.	corral - enclose in a corral; "corral the horses" inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
	2.	corral - arrange wagons so that they form a corral arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
	3.	corral - collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election" collect, compile, accumulate, amass, roll up, hoard, pile up - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

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corral U.S., Canad.

verb enclose, confine, cage, fence in, impound, pen in, coop up

Translations

corral [kəˈrɑːl] n → corral m

corral [kəˈrɑːl] n → corral m

corral [kəˈrɑːl] n → Korral m

corral [kəˈrɑːl] n → recinto