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- noun Plural form of
kraal .
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Examples
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Their system of government is somewhat patriarchal; and they live in "kraals," or villages, consisting of bee-hive shaped huts, arranged in circular form.
Robert Moffat The Missionary Hero of Kuruman David J. Deane
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For this purpose are built several enclosures with high walls, -- "kraals," as they are called, -- a word of the same signification as the Spanish "corral," and I fancy introduced into Africa by the
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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For this purpose are built several enclosures with high walls, -- "kraals," as they are called, -- a word of the same signification as the Spanish "corral," and I fancy introduced into Africa by the
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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One of the most amazing things to me is that all of the cows and goats in the village leaving their kraals every day at dawn, go out into the bush to feed and return back to their kraals at sundown.
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Perhaps the veldkornets could not be bothered to collect all the information the state requested, or perhaps they simply did not see houses and kraals they thought merited notation.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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The "Register" also asks for details about dwelling places and kraals.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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There is some rock art of the Khoi-San bushmen who once lived there and the ruined kraals of later Sotho and Tswana cultures.
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Allowed to graze on the savannah during the day, at night cattle are kept in natural branch kraals with brutal thorns to discourage predators.
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Allowed to graze on the savannah during the day, at night cattle are kept in natural branch kraals with brutal thorns to discourage predators.
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Allowed to graze on the savannah during the day, at night cattle are kept in natural branch kraals with brutal thorns to discourage predators.
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