kraal

kraal (krôl, kräl)

n. South African

1. A rural village, typically consisting of huts surrounded by a stockade.

2. An enclosure for livestock.

[Afrikaans, from Portuguese curral, pen, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *currle, enclosure for carts; see corral.]

kraal [krɑːl] South African

1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a hut village in southern Africa, esp one surrounded by a stockade

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) an enclosure for livestock

adj

(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) denoting or relating to the tribal aspects of the Black African way of life

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (tr) to enclose (livestock) in a kraal

[from Afrikaans, from Portuguese curral pen; see corral]

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Noun	1.	kraal - a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade village, hamlet - a settlement smaller than a town
	2.	kraal - a pen for livestock in southern Africa pen - an enclosure for confining livestock

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kraal

n → Kral m

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bead Bulawayo crawl crawling fold hamlet paddock pen village	So he pushed along on his journey, and all went well until he had passed the little town of Stanger, once the site of Duguza, the kraal of Chaka, the first Zulu king and the uncle of Cetywayo. Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context These kraals are wide patches of cleared land, surrounded by hedges and jungles, where traders take shelter against not only the wild beasts, but also the robber tribes of the country. Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context I was up beyond the Manica country, at a place called Sitanda's Kraal, and a miserable place it was, for a man could get nothing to eat, and there was but little game about. King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context	Koufax Koulan koulibiaca koumis koumiss kouprey kouros Koussevitzky Kousso Kovalevsky Sonya Kovna Kovno Kovrov Kowaiti Koweit kowhai Kowloon kowtow Koyukuk Kozhikode KP kph Kr kr. Kra kraal Krafft-Ebing kraft kraft paper Kragujevac krait Krajina Krakatao Krakatau Krakatoa Krakau kraken Krakow Kraków Krakowiak Kramators'k Kramatorsk Kramer krameria Krameric Krang Kranging hook Kranj krans Krasner Krasnodar	KQNM KQOL KQP KQRS KQS KQT KQWeb KQZ KR KR KR KR KR KR Computer Services KR&R KR-MED KR-WG kr. Kr.sand Kr.sand Kra Kra Kra Kra Isthmus Kra peninsula Kra peninsula Kra, Isthmus of Kra, Isthmus of Krašto Apsaugos Ministerija KRAA kraal kraalbos kraaled kraaled kraaling kraaling kraals kraals Kraatz, Helmut KRAB KRAB Krabbe disease Krabbe's disease Krabbe's disease Krabbe's disease Krabbe's disease Krabby Patties Krabi Thai Village Resort KRAC Krachkovskii, Ignatii Krachkovskii, Ignatii Iulianovich Kracht en Vriendschap Krackatoa Krackatoa Krad KRADD Kraemer Middle School Kraepelin Kraepelin Kraepelin, Emil Kraevskii, Andrei

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bead
Bulawayo
crawl
crawling
fold
hamlet
paddock
pen
village

So he pushed along on his journey, and all went well until he had passed the little town of Stanger, once the site of Duguza, the kraal of Chaka, the first Zulu king and the uncle of Cetywayo.

Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context

These kraals are wide patches of cleared land, surrounded by hedges and jungles, where traders take shelter against not only the wild beasts, but also the robber tribes of the country.

Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context

I was up beyond the Manica country, at a place called Sitanda's Kraal, and a miserable place it was, for a man could get nothing to eat, and there was but little game about.

King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context

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