kraal en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kɹɔːl/ (UK, US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /kɹɑːl/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From colonial Dutch kraal, from Portuguese curral. Doublet of corral.
Meanings
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In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.
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.
1861, Charles John Andersson, “chapter VII”, in Lake Ngami, page 89:‘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.’
1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 88:
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In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.
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, published 2010, page 6:
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An enclosure for livestock.
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 July 3, Jonathan Amos, “'Funny creature' toast of Botswana”, in BBC News Online:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kraals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
kraalhead · enkraal · turtle-kraal
Relateds
Synonyms
corral (livestock enclosure) · pen (livestock enclosure)
Translations (12)
sv kraal (rural African village of huts surrounded by a stockade) · ka კრაალი (enclosure for livestock) · sv kraal (rural African community) · pl kraal (enclosure for livestock) · fr kraal (rural African community) · pl kraal (rural African community) · pl kraal (rural African village of huts surrounded by a stockade) · ka კრაალი (rural African community) · ka კრაალი (rural African village of huts surrounded by a stockade) · nl kraal (enclosure for livestock) · sv kraal (enclosure for livestock) · af kraal (enclosure for livestock)