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Webster 1913 Edition
Kraal
Kraal
(kräl or kra̤l; 277)
, Noun.
[D., a village, inclosure, park, prob. fr. Pg.
curral
a cattle pen; the same word as Sp. corral
. See Corral
.] 1.
A collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut.
[South Africa]
2.
An inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be tamed and educated.
[Ceylon]
Webster 1828 Edition
Kraal
KRAAL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
kraal
kraal
English
Noun
kraal (plural kraals)
- In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.
- 1861, Charles John Andersson, Lake Ngami, chapter VII, page 89
- 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.
- 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 88:
- ‘The paraffin box covered with newsprint, and the primus, and the bucket standing on the floor, and a photo of our kraal’s chief on the wall.’
- 1861, Charles John Andersson, Lake Ngami, chapter VII, page 89
- In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 6:
- 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.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 6:
- An enclosure for livestock.
- 2000, Jonathan Amos, "'Funny creature' toast of Botswana", BBC News Online, 3 July 2000:
- 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.
- 2000, Jonathan Amos, "'Funny creature' toast of Botswana", BBC News Online, 3 July 2000:
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kraal (third-person singular simple present kraals, present participle kraaling, simple past and past participle kraaled)
- To enclose livestock within a kraal or stockade.
- 1861, Charles John Andersson, Lake Ngami, chapter XXVIII, page 343
- […] 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.
- 1861, Charles John Andersson, Lake Ngami, chapter XXVIII, page 343
Synonyms
- (to enclose livestock): corral
Translations
to enclose livestock within a kraal or stockade
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Portuguese curral, probably via Dutch kraal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krɑːl/
Noun
kraal (plural kralen)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Portuguese curral.
Noun
kraal f (plural kralen, diminutive kraaltje n)
Synonyms
- (bead): koraal