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kraal


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Kraal  \Kraal\  (?;  277),  n.  [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] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  kraal 
  n  1:  a  village  of  huts  for  native  Africans  in  southern  Africa; 
  usually  surrounded  by  a  stockade 
  2:  an  enclosure  for  livestock  in  southern  Africa 




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