corral

corral

an enclosure for livestock

Not to be confused with:

choral – sung by or adapted for a chorus or choir

chorale – harmonized hymn; a chorus or choir

coral – hard, rocklike structures formed by marine coelenterates; yellowish red

cor·ral

 (kə-răl′)

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

corral

(kɒˈrɑːl)

n

1. (Agriculture) chiefly US and Canadian an enclosure for confining cattle or horses

2. (Historical Terms) chiefly US (formerly) a defensive enclosure formed by a ring of covered wagons

vb (tr) , -rals, -ralling or -ralled

3. (Agriculture) to drive into and confine in or as in a corral

4. informal to capture

[C16: from Spanish, from Vulgar Latin currāle (unattested) area for vehicles, from Latin currus wagon, from currere to run]

cor•ral

(kəˈræl)

n., v. -ralled, -ral•ling. n.

1. an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.

2. a circular enclosure of wagons, formed for defense against attack.

v.t.

3. to confine in or as if in a corral.

4. Informal.

a. to seize; capture.

b. to collect or garner: to corral votes.

5. to form (wagons) into a corral.

[1575–85; < Sp < Vulgar Latin *currāle enclosure for carts = Latin curr(us) wagon, cart]

corral

Past participle: corralled
Gerund: corralling

Imperative

corral

corral

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"

corral

(U.S. & Canad.)

noun

1. enclosure, yard, pen, confine, coop, fold As we neared the corral, the horses pranced and whinnied.

verb

1. enclose, confine, cage, fence in, impound, pen in, coop up The men were corralled into a hastily constructed concentration camp.

Translations

acorralarcorral

corral

корраль

corral

[kəˈrɑːl] (US)

A. N → corral m

B. VT → acorralar

corral

[kəˈrɑːl] n → corral m

corral

n → Korral m

vt cattle → in den Korral treiben

corral

[kɒˈrɑːl] n → recinto