a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa; usually surrounded by a stockade
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a pen for livestock in southern Africa
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Kraal \Kraal\ (kr[aum]l or kr[add]l; 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]
Inhabitants of the kraal were gunned down as they fled, they said.
Last year a Lobedu peasant woman carelessly allowed a fire to run up the hill on which the royal kraal sits.
One can no more easily stroll into the Rain Queen's royal kraal than one can drop into Buckingham Palace for tea and a chat with with Elizabeth II.