kraal

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade
  2. a pen for livestock in southern Africa
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Kraal \Kraal\ (kr[aum]l or kr[add]l; 277), n. [D., a village, inclosure, park, prob. fr. Pg. curral a cattle pen; the same word as Sp. corral. See Corral.]

1.A collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut. [South Africa] [1913 Webster]

2.An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be tamed and educated. [Ceylon] [1913 Webster]

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