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CORRAL
corral
(verb) collect or gather; “corralling votes for an election”
corral
(verb) arrange wagons so that they form a corral
corral
(verb) enclose in a corral; “corral the horses”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
corral (plural corrals)
An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group.
A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense.
Synonyms
• (livestock enclosure): pen, stockade
Verb
corral (third-person singular simple present corrals, present participle (US) corraling or corralling, simple past and past participle (US) corraled or corralled)
To capture or round up.
To place inside of a corral.
To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral.
Anagrams
• Carrol, carrol
Proper noun
Corral (plural Corrals)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Corral is the 2158th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16808 individuals. Corral is most common among Hispanic/Latino (90.49%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Carrol, carrol
Source: Wiktionary
Cor*ral" (kr-rl"; Sp. kr-rl"), n. Etym: [Sp., a yard, a yard for cattle, fr. corro a circle or ring, fr. L. currere to run. Cf. Kraal.]
Definition: 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 (-rld" or -rld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Corralling.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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