/krahl/ , n.
1. an enclosure for cattle and other domestic animals in southern Africa.
2. a village of the native peoples of South Africa, usually surrounded by a stockade or the like and often having a central space for livestock.
3. such a village as a social unit.
4. an enclosure where wild animals are exhibited, as in a zoo.
v.t.
5. to shut up in a krall, as cattle.
Also, craal .
[ 1725-35; curral pen; see CORRAL ]