Krāal or Kraal, n.

(kräl, or krȯwl), n. [D. kraal, village, inclosure, park, probably from the language of the Hottentots.] A village; a collection of huts; sometimes a single hut. [South Africa.]

Pronounced krä'al by Smart, Clarke, and Worcester, but kräl or krȯwl is the pronunciation of the English residents of Cape Colony.