kraal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.
In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.
An enclosure for livestock.

verb

/kɹɑːl/ /kɹɔːl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kraal.wav

kraal kraals kraaling kraaled

From colonial Dutch kraal, from Portuguese curral. Doublet of corral.

corral pen

boma crawl Corral

enkraal kraalhead turtle-kraal

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