Kraal

Quick meaning: Kraal is a noun meaning In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.

Meaning

In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.

More Meanings

1. In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.
2. An enclosure for livestock.
3. (transitive) To enclose (livestock) within a kraal or stockade.

Example Sentences

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.

‘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.’

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.

[…] he knew that one of these beasts was in the habit of harassing the goat-kids, which, for better security, he had kraaled against the wall of the house.

Word Forms

• kraals
• kraaling
• kraaled

Synonyms for kraal

Depending on context, synonyms include corral, pen.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include kaffir, gramadoela, dorp, tronk, hillcrest, location.

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