noun / verb
corral
kuh-RAL/kəˈræl/
An enclosure for livestock, or gathering a group into confinement.
The cattle stand inside the wooden corral behind a closed gate.
Etymology
Spanish corral named a pen or enclosure for horses or cattle, so English preserves its concrete livestock-keeping sense. The word’s deeper origin is uncertain.
In context
the fix to all this is to build a Corral and bring them home into that Corral
More examples
- They corralled the horses before sunset.
- Several corrals lined the ranch.
- She is corralling the children for a photograph.
Forms
corral · corrals · corralled · corralling
Similar words
- pen
- A general small enclosure for animals.
- round up
- Gather together without necessarily placing inside an enclosure.