CORRAL


Meaning of CORRAL in English

I. kə-ˈral, -ˈrel noun

Etymology: Spanish, from Vulgar Latin * currale enclosure for vehicles, from Latin currus cart, from currere to run — more at car

Date: 1582

1. : a pen or enclosure for confining or capturing livestock

2. : an enclosure made with wagons for defense of an encampment

II. transitive verb

( cor·ralled ; cor·ral·ling )

Date: 1847

1. : to enclose in a corral

2. : to arrange (wagons) so as to form a corral

3. : collect , gather

corralling votes for the upcoming election

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.