kraal /kɹɑːl/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community.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 •In Central and Southern Africa, a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.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 •An enclosure for livestock.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 verb1 •To enclose (livestock) within a kraal or stockade.[…] 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 formskraaled · kraaling · kraals
