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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) kraal
an enclosure for cattle and other domestic animals in S Africa.

2.  kraal
a village of the native peoples of South Africa.

3.  kraal
such a village as a social unit.

4.  kraal
an enclosure where wild animals are exhibited, as in a zoo.

5. (v.t.) kraal
to shut up in a kraal, as cattle.

Etymology: (1725–35; < Afrik)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) kraal
a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade

2. (noun) kraal
a pen for livestock in southern Africa

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) kraal
a collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut

2. (noun) kraal
an inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be tamed and educated

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