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plural kraals
In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community. quotations examples
Onanis is the permanent residence of a kraal of very poor Hill-Damaras, who subsist chiefly upon the few wild roots which their sterile neighborhood produces.
1861, Charles John Andersson, “chapter VII”, in Lake Ngami, page 89
‘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.’
1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 88
In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade. quotations examples
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.
1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 6
An enclosure for livestock. quotations examples
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.
2000 July 3, Jonathan Amos, “'Funny creature' toast of Botswana”, in BBC News Online
third-person singular simple present kraals, present participle kraaling, simple past and past participle kraaled
(transitive) To enclose (livestock) within a kraal or stockade. quotations examples
[…] 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.
1861, Charles John Andersson, Lake Ngami, chapter XXVIII, page 343