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See also:CORRAL (Span. from corro, a circle) , a word used chiefly in See also:Spanish See also:America and the See also:United States for an enclosure for See also:cattle and horses, and also for a defensive circle formed of wagons against attacks from See also:Indians . It is also used as a verb, meaning to drive into a See also:corral, and so figuratively to enclose, hem in . The word is probably connected with the See also:South See also:African Dutch word See also:kraal (q.v.) . In See also:Ceylon it is especially used for an enclosure meant for the See also:capture of See also:wild elephants . In this last sense of the word the corresponding See also:term in See also:India is See also:keddah (q.v.) . |
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