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1. A fenced in area in which livestock or horses are kept: : The cowboys drove their cattle into
the corral and closed its gate.
2. A temporary defensive enclosure formed by covered wagons arranged in a circle: In the early west, when the travelers saw Indians coming, they circled the wagons and created a corral.
3. Etymology: from Latin currere, "to run"; and from Spanish corro, "ring", from correr, "to run"; a pen for horses.
2. A temporary defensive enclosure formed by covered wagons arranged in a circle: In the early west, when the travelers saw Indians coming, they circled the wagons and created a corral.
3. Etymology: from Latin currere, "to run"; and from Spanish corro, "ring", from correr, "to run"; a pen for horses.
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corral (verb), corrals; corralled; corralling
To herd animals into and to keep them in a special enclosure: The determined cowboys were finally able to corral all of the wild mustangs.
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