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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024kraal (kräl),USA pronunciation n. - an enclosure for cattle and other domestic animals in southern Africa.
- Sociology, Anthropologya village of the native peoples of South Africa, usually surrounded by a stockade or the like and often having a central space for livestock.
- Anthropology, Sociologysuch a village as a social unit.
- an enclosure where wild animals are exhibited, as in a zoo.
v.t. - to shut up in a krall, as cattle.
Also, craal. - Portuguese curral pen; see corral
- Afrikaans
- 1725–35
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: kraal /krɑːl/ South African n - a hut village in southern Africa, esp one surrounded by a stockade
- an enclosure for livestock
Etymology: 18th Century: from Afrikaans, from Portuguese curral pen; see corral |