kraal
noun/krɑːl/
/krɑːl/
(South African English)- a traditional African village of huts surrounded by a fence
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- an area surrounded by a fence in which animals are kept
- a cattle kraal
Word OriginDutch, from Portuguese curral, perhaps based on Latin currere ‘to run’.
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