corral(n = noun.artifact) cattle pen, cow pen - a pen for cattle;
is a kind of pen
Derived form verb corral₁

1.  corral(v = verb.contact) - enclose in a corral; "corral the horses"
is one way to close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
Derived form noun corral₁
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2.  corral(v = verb.contact) - arrange wagons so that they form a corral;
is one way to arrange, set up
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3.  corral(v = verb.contact) - collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election"
is one way to accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up
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   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. [1913 Webster]

   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. Bartlett. [1913 Webster]

corral, n. & v.
--n.
1 US a pen for cattle, horses, etc.
2 an enclosure for capturing wild animals.
3 esp. US hist. a defensive enclosure of wagons in an encampment.
--v.tr. (corralled, corralling)
1 put or keep in a corral.
2 form (wagons) into a corral.
3 US colloq. acquire.

Etymology:
Sp. & OPort. (as KRAAL)

VB  circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose, surround, compass about, imprison, hedge in, wall in, rail in, fence round, fence in, hedge round, picket, corral, enfold, bury, encase, incase, pack up, enshrine, inclasp, wrap up, embay, embosom, containment (inclusion).

N  inclosure, envelope, case, wrapper, girdle, pen, fold, pen fold, in fold, sheep fold, paddock, pound, corral, yard, net, seine net, wall, hedge, hedge row, espalier, fence, pale, paling, balustrade, rail, railing, quickset hedge, park paling, circumvallation, enceinte, ring fence, barrier, barricade, gate, gateway, bent, dingle, door, hatch, cordon, prison, dike, dyke, ditch, fosse, moat.