I. cor ‧ ral 1 /kəˈrɑːl $ kəˈræl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Spanish ; Origin: Vulgar Latin currale 'enclosed place for vehicles' , from Latin currus 'wheeled vehicle' ]
a fairly small enclosed area where cattle, horses etc can be kept temporarily, especially in North America
II. corral 2 BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle corralled , present participle corralling British English , corraled , corraling American English ) [transitive]
1 . to make animals move into a corral:
They corralled the cattle before loading them onto the truck.
2 . to keep people in a particular area, especially in order to control them:
Once at the airport, we were herded to the gate and corralled into a small room.