corral

Plural: corrals

Noun

• a pen for cattle
• 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.

Verb

• enclose in a corral
  • "corral the horses"
• arrange wagons so that they form a corral
• collect or gather
  • "corralling votes for an election"
• 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.
• -RALLED, -RALLING, -RALS to place livestock in a corral (an enclosure)

Examples

• "After we corralled the last steer, we headed off to the chuck wagon for dinner."
• "Between us, we managed to corral the puppies in the kitchen."
• "Please return the shopping carts to the corral."
• "The cattle drivers corralled their wagons for the night."
• "The wagon train formed a corral to protect against Comanche attacks."
• "We had a small corral out back where we kept our pet llama."

Synonyms

cattle pen, cow pen, pen, stockade

Related Words

crawl, kraal