corral

/kəˈræl/

/kəˈræl/

Other forms: corrals; corralled; corralling

A corral is a pen for horses, cows, or other livestock. If your sheep get out of the corral, you'll have to take the dogs out to help you round them up again.

The word corral comes either from the Spanish word corro, which means ring, or from the Old Portuguese word curral, meaning pen or enclosure. As a verb, corral means to gather up or collect. If you're in charge of the big library book sale, you'll have to corral lots of people into helping you. If you make a defensive circle with wagons or other vehicles, you have also corralled the wagons.

Definitions of corral

1. noun

   a pen for cattle
   synonyms: cattle pen, cow pen

   type of:

   pen

   an enclosure for confining livestock
2. verb

   enclose in a corral
   “corral the horses”

   type of:

   close in, enclose, inclose, shut in

   surround completely
3. verb

   arrange wagons so that they form a corral
   type of:

   arrange, set up

   put into a proper or systematic order
4. verb

   collect or gather
   “corralling votes for an election”

   type of:

   accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up

   get or gather together