A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc.
To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything.
A pen or enclosure for confining livestock.
enclose in a corral; "corral the horses"
arrange wagons so that they form a corral
a fenced enclosure for cattle
an enclosure, stockade, or pen used to contain horses or cattle
an enclosure that confines livestock.
Circling of wagons at night to provide an enclosure for protection and to prevent stock from scattering. Ropes or chains were often tied between wagons to complete the enclosure.