corral
Livestock holding area
A corral is an enclosure for confining livestock—horses, cattle, sheep.
The word comes from Spanish and remains common in the American West and Southwest.
To corral animals is to drive them into such an enclosure.
Figuratively, to corral is to gather or round up: She corralled the kids for dinner.
He corralled enough votes to pass the bill.
Mounted cattle herder
- wranglerLivestock handler on ranches
- vaqueroHispanic cattle driver
- gauchoPampas cowboy
- rancherOne who raises livestock
cattleman · buckaroo · homestead · ranch · range · pasture · grazing · tackroom
Ink-filled writing tool
- paddockSmall fenced animal enclosure
- stockadeFence of sharpened stakes
- yardLinear measure or grounds
- compoundCombined into one
stable · stall · arena · pasture · barn · fence · gate · post
Managing animal groups
- lassoLooped rope for catching
- rodeoCowboy skills competition
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- driveOperate a vehicle
stampede · gather · wrangling · cutting · roping · chaps · spurs · saddle
cowboy
Mounted cattle herder
rancher · cattleman · buckaroo · homestead · ranch · range · pasture · grazing · tackroom · barn
pen
Ink-filled writing tool
compound · stable · stall · arena · pasture · barn · fence · gate · post · rail
herding
Managing animal groups
drive · stampede · gather · wrangling · cutting · roping · chaps · spurs · saddle · horseback
contain
Hold within limits
group · organize · wrangle · herd · marshal · gather · round up · bring together · cluster · encircle
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- horsesLarge domesticated hoofed mammals
- herdGrazing animals together
- steersControls direction of travel
heifers · mares · stallions · calves · sheep · goats · mustangs · broncos · bulls · cows
- livestock farmingcattle ranch, dairy farm, stud farm, sheep shearing, pig farm
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- Beef Cattlebeef, beef cattle, cattle ranch, ranching, steer
- farmsteadfarmhouse, barn cat, farm cat, farm dog, farmyard
- horse facilitiesstable, stables, stall, horse stall, horse stalls
- livestock facilitiesbarn, cattle ranch, cattle barn, dairy farm, cow barn
corralopen range
Unfenced public grazing land
open field · free range · wilderness · prairie · rangeland
- OK Corral1881 showdown location
- cart corralShopping trolley holding area
- shopping cart corralDesignated cart collection area
- Golden CorralSelf-serve American eatery chain
- horse corralEnclosed area for equines