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kraal noun & verb. [kr¨»:l] M18.
[Afrikaans from Portuguese curral. Cf. CORRAL noun and CRAWL noun1.]
A. noun.
In southern Africa: a village of huts enclosed by a fence or stockade, and often having a central space for cattle etc.; the community of such a village. M18.
In southern Africa: an enclosure for cattle or sheep, a stockade, a pen, a fold. L18.
In Sri Lanka: an enclosure into which wild elephants are driven; the process of capturing elephants by driving them into an enclosure. L19.
= CRAWL noun1 2. M20.
b. verb trans. Enclose in a kraal or stockade. E19.