corral

About 1.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.

   We had a small corral out back where we kept our pet llama.

2. noun An enclosure or area to concentrate a dispersed group.

   Please return the shopping carts to the corral.

3. noun A circle of wagons, either for the purpose of trapping livestock, or for defense.

   The wagon train formed a corral to protect against Comanche attacks.

4. verb To capture or round up.

   Between us, we managed to corral the puppies in the kitchen.

5. verb To place inside of a corral.

   After we corralled the last steer, we headed off to the chuck wagon for dinner.

6. verb To make a circle of vehicles, as of wagons so as to form a corral.

   The cattle drivers corralled their wagons for the night.

Similar words

cattle pen cow pen stall paddock pen pasture trap cage bullpen fence

Often followed by

and the of to fence was for in with

Word family

corralled corralling corrals