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kraal

noun

Definition of kraal

as in stockade

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Recent Examples of kraal All the huts in the village were centered around the kraal, or cattle enclosure, which faced the rising sun. — Aatish Taseer, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2025 The kraal was a circular affair about 30 feet in diameter and was made of rocks piled about three feet high. — Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025 The tiger had jumped into the kraal and killed the calves first. — Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025 In fact, by 1978, black children could be shot on sight for leaving their family's kraal, or homestead. — Alexandra Fuller, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2020 Inspired by a traditional kraal (village) and surrounded by four savannahs, the lodge is home to 30 wildlife species — zebras, giraffes, flamingos, and gazelles — some of which can be spotted wandering past room windows. — Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020 Next to each tent was a protective kraal of thorn brush for the animals at night. — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018

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At the time, Epstein was serving his 18-month sentence in the Palm Beach County stockade but was allowed to spend 12 hours a day, six days a week, in his office under a work-release program his attorneys had negotiated.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.

— Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 22 Mar. 2026

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Dern's 7-year-old daughter peered her head over the barricade from her front row seat and shouted encouragement each time mom got close to her side of the cage.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
For larger varieties of raspberry plants, add a cage, stakes, or other support at planting before the plant’s branches are full of berries.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2026

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