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corral

[kuh-ral]

noun

  1. an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.

  2. a circular enclosure formed by wagons during an encampment, as by covered wagons crossing the North American plains in the 19th century, for defense against attack.



verb (used with object)

corralled, corralling 
  1. to confine in or as if in a corral.

  2. Informal.

    1. to seize; capture.

    2. to collect, gather, or garner.

      to corral votes.

  3. to form (wagons) into a corral.

corral

/ ɒˈɑː /

noun

  1. an enclosure for confining cattle or horses

  2. (formerly) a defensive enclosure formed by a ring of covered wagons

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to drive into and confine in or as in a corral

  2. informalto capture

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of corral1

1575–85; < Spanish < Late Latin enclosure for carts, equivalent to Latin curr ( us ) wagon, cart (derivative of currere to run) + -, neuter of - -al 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of corral1

C16: from Spanish, from Vulgar Latin ܰ (unattested) area for vehicles, from Latin currus wagon, from currere to run
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Fifteen minutes later, the protest had dwindled to a few dozen demonstrators corralled outside the county courthouse.

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By this time, there were only about 10 minutes until race time and I still needed to stretch, so my group ran over to the starting corrals.

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The argument against it is that Israel is using to control and corral Palestinian civilians.

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Authorities have so far been unable to corral those factions, many of which fought by their side during the civil war and are now putative allies in the country’s new security apparatus.

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He’s hosted a Shaq Summit for several years to corral representatives from all of his brands and partnerships into one room for strategic planning.

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