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Definition of Corral
1. Noun. A pen for cattle.
2. Verb. Enclose in a corral. "Corral the horses"
3. Verb. Arrange wagons so that they form a corral.
4. Verb. Collect or gather. "Corralling votes for an election"
Definition of Corral
1. n. A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc.
2. v. t. To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything.
Definition of Corral
1. Noun. An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one. ¹
2. Noun. An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group. ¹
3. Noun. A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense. ¹
4. Verb. To capture or round up. ¹
5. Verb. To place inside of a corral. ¹
6. Verb. To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corral
1. to place livestock in a corral (an enclosure) [v -RALLED, -RALLING, -RALS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corral
Literary usage of Corral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spanish Stage in the Time of Lope de Vega by Hugo Albert Rennert (1909)
"The corral de la Pacheco. The corral de Burguillos. The corral de Puente.
The foundation of the two famous theaters: The corral de la Cruz and the corral ..."
2. Ceylon: An Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Topographical by James Emerson Tennent (1860)
"As our sleeping-place was not above two hundred yards from the corral, ...
But at daybreak, on going down to the corral, we found ah1 still and vigilant. ..."
3. An Ethnologic Dictionary of the Navaho Language by Franciscans, St. Michaels, Ariz (1910)
"... the speaking God, who gives his directions by gestures and his usual call only.
The corral is of the same shape ..."
4. Mexico of the Twentieth Century by Percy Falcke Martin (1908)
"CHAPTER VIII Vice-President Ramon corral—The Minister of Education—Jos6 Yves
Limantour, Minister of Finance—Guillermo de Landa y Escandon, Governor of the ..."
5. Farm Buildings by Sanders Publishing Co. (Chicago) (1909)
"corral FOR 7000 CATTLE. Fig. 602 shows a plan for circular corrals with a radius
of 100', one a little back of the other, connected by a gateway and also by ..."
6. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1891)
"“La Cintia do Aranjuez, Prosas y Versos, per Don Gabriel de corral, Natural de
Valladolid,” Madrid, 1629, ..."
7. The Gentleman's Magazine (1872)
"THE corral.. REVIOUSLY to the year 1832, up to which period the ... the royal
pastime of the corral, with all its attractions, was distasteful to the ..."
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