kraal

Definition

In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.

Etymology

From colonial Dutch kraal, from Portuguese curral. Doublet of corral.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "‘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."

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