corral
verb
[ kəˈrɑːl ]
• gather together and confine (a group of people or things).
• "the organizers were corralling the crowd into marching formation"
• put or keep (livestock) in a corral.
• "sheep and goats grazed the plains during the day but they were corralled at night"
Similar:
enclose,
confine,
lock up,
shut up,
shut in,
fence in,
pen (in),
rail in,
wall in,
cage (in),
coop up,
mew in,
kettle,
corral
noun
• a pen for livestock, especially cattle or horses, on a farm or ranch.
• "he was galloping a pony very fast round a tiny corral"
Similar:
enclosure,
pen,
fold,
compound,
pound,
stockade,
paddock,
parrock,
kraal,
potrero,
Origin:
late 16th century: from Spanish and Old Portuguese (now curral ), perhaps based on Latin currere ‘to run’. Compare with kraal.
