Corral
[kə'rɑːl] or [kə'ræl]
Definition
(verb.) collect or gather; 'corralling votes for an election'.
(verb.) arrange wagons so that they form a corral.
(verb.) enclose in a corral; 'corral the horses'.
Inputed by Cyrus--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc.
(v. t.) To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything.
Edited by Annabel
Definition
n. an enclosure for cattle &c.—v.t. to form such.
Checker: Mae
Examples
- Robert Jordan slipped through between the double rope of the corral and slapped the buckskin on the haunch. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He looked at her and then at the man, heavy and stolid, moving off through the trees toward the corral. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There were five horses in the rope corral, three bays, a sorrel, and a buckskin. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He knew they could possibly see the horses in the corral if they were looking for anything in these mountains. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And when I saw those four there and thought that we might kill them I was like a mare in the corral waiting for the stallion. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The mules were first driven into a stockade, called a corral, inclosing an acre or more of ground. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The three of them stood now by the rope corral and the patchy sunlight shone on the coat of the bay stallion. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He's been down corralling the horses, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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