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Kraal
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- 1 In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.
"Onanis is the permanent residence of a kraal of very poor Hill-Damaras, who subsist chiefly upon the few wild roots which their sterile neighborhood produces."
- 2 a pen for livestock in southern Africa wordnet
- 3 In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.
"A kraal was a homestead and usually included a simple fenced-in enclosure for animals, fields for growing crops, and one or more thatched huts."
- 4 a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade wordnet
- 5 An enclosure for livestock.
"The animal, which is now six years old, was born naturally from the mating of a female goat with a male sheep sharing the same kraal."
- 1 To enclose (livestock) within a kraal or stockade. transitive
"[…] he knew that one of these beasts was in the habit of harassing the goat-kids, which, for better security, he had kraaled against the wall of the house."
Etymology
From colonial Dutch kraal, from Portuguese curral. Doublet of corral.
From colonial Dutch kraal, from Portuguese curral. Doublet of corral.
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