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kraal /krɑːl /South African noun1A traditional African village of huts, typically enclosed by a fence.They said that if money came to our kraals and our abodes, singing would no longer help our children and our wives sleep....- So at dusk I was led to a kraal where an extended Masai family greeted me with great hospitality and a selection of decorative beaded goods.
- Phillip then moved the two children to his own Mother's kraal and he paid a substantial sum to the family of his wife for this right - otherwise they might have taken the children themselves.
2An enclosure for cattle or sheep.The kraal for the cattle was not only suitable to us but to the hyenas as well....- I cannot put the cattle back into the kraal so early in the day!
- Villages are centered on a cattle pen called a kraal, or a community building.
verb [with object]Drive (cattle or sheep) into an enclosure: they kraal their sheep every night...- 24 cattle from this farm have been kraaled on Wallasey (next door) until the owner of the cattle pays compensation.
- We responded to losses by jackal predation by changing to an indigenous breed (Damaras flock better than Dorpers and resist predators better), bringing heavily pregnant ewes in to a safe camp, and kraaling our animals at night.
- Already with portable electric fencing we will be kraaling the cattle overnight on the croplands to improve fertility of the lands.
OriginDutch, from Portuguese curral (see corral). RhymesAmal, Arles, banal, Barisal, Basle, Bhopal, Carl, chorale, corral, dhal, entente cordiale, Escorial, farl, femme fatale, Funchal, gayal, gnarl, halal, Karl, locale, marl, morale, musicale, Pascal, pastorale, procès-verbal, Provençal, rationale, real, rial, riyal, snarl, Taal, Taj Mahal, timbale, toile, Vaal, Vidal, Waal |