kraal means in Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
noun
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
verb
- 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.”