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English Dictionary: Kraal by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kraal
n
  1. a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade
  2. a pen for livestock in southern Africa
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]
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