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kraal I. \ˈkrȯl, -ä-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Afrikaans, from Portuguese curral pen for cattle, enclosure, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin currale enclosure for vehicles — more at corral 1. a. : a village of southern African natives (as Hottentots or Kaffirs) b. : the organized social unit that the kraal represents : the native village community 2. a. : a single hut or group of huts in which natives in southern Africa live b. : an enclosure for domestic animals in southern Africa c. : an elephant corral in Sri Lanka, India, or Thailand d. [Dutch, from Portuguese curral] : an enclosure for keeping turtles, lobsters, or sponges alive in shallow water — called also manyatta II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : to pen in a kraal |