Corralling
[kuh-ral] /kəˈræl/
noun
1.
an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
2.
a circular enclosure formed by wagons during an encampment, as by covered wagons crossing the North American plains in the 19th century, for defense against attack.
verb (used with object), corralled, corralling.
3.
to confine in or as if in a corral.
4.
Informal.
5.
to form (wagons) into a corral.
/kɒˈrɑːl/
noun
1.
(mainly US & Canadian) an enclosure for confining cattle or horses
2.
(mainly US) (formerly) a defensive enclosure formed by a ring of covered wagons
verb (transitive) (US & Canadian) -rals, -ralling, -ralled
3.
to drive into and confine in or as in a corral
4.
(informal) to capture
n.
1580s, from Spanish corral, from corro “ring,” Portuguese curral, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately African, or from Vulgar Latin *currale “enclosure for vehicles,” from Latin currus “two-wheeled vehicle,” from currere “to run.”
v.
1847, from corral (n.); meaning “to lay hold of, collar,” is U.S. slang from 1860. Related: Corraled.
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