Past tense of corral; to gather together and confine animals in an enclosure, or to gather and control people or things.
From Spanish 'corral' (a pen for livestock), which possibly comes from Latin 'currere' (to run). The word entered English in the 1600s through Spanish-speaking regions of North America.
Cowboys didn't actually invent the word 'corral'—Spanish settlers brought it from Spain, where it had been used for centuries, making it one of many Spanish words English borrowed through the Wild West and ranching.
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