corral

Meaning

Noun

1. An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
2. An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group.
3. A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense.

Verb

1. To capture or round up.
2. To place inside of a corral.
3. To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral.

Synonyms

pen

🖊️

fence

enclosure

stable

surround

cattle pen

cow pen

encircle

paddock

yard

fold

encase

enclose

fencing

garner

gather

grip

hold

hook

🪝

immure

impound

inclose

inclosure

kraal

mesh

nip

palace

patio

picket

pigpen

pigsty

pile up

pit

porch

pound

💷

secure

seize

shed

shelter

stall

stockade

stonewall

tackle

wall

cattle-pen

hive up

pen in

public space

pinfold

barn

Translations

corral

corral

recinto

Pferch

acorralar

stal

cerca

paardestal

cerco

💍

enclos

einsperren

μαντρώνω

curral

Korral

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəˈɹæl/

Etymology

From Spanish corral. Doublet of kraal.