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CORRALLING
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
Verb
corralling
present participle of corral
Anagrams
• carrolling
Source: Wiktionary
CORRAL
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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MONASTICISM
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