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recinto — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • corral noun A fenced enclosure for keeping livestock, especially horses or cattle.
  • enclosure noun An area surrounded by a fence, wall, or other barrier.
  • fence noun A barrier, usually made of wood, metal, or wire, marking a boundary or enclosing an area.
  • hurdle noun A barrier that a runner or horse must jump over during a race.
  • menagerie noun A collection of wild or exotic animals kept for display, especially historically by wealthy owners as a private forerunner to the modern zoo.
  • pen noun A handheld tool used for writing or drawing with ink.
  • pound noun The main unit of currency in the United Kingdom, and a unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (about 454 grams).
  • rampart noun A defensive wall or raised bank of earth surrounding a fort or town, often topped with a walkway.
  • run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.

Senses

recinto is used for these senses in English:

  • corral An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
  • enclosure (countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
  • fence (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
  • hurdle A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
  • menagerie A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos.
  • pen An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
  • pound A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
  • rampart A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.

corral — full definition

  1. noun A fenced enclosure for keeping livestock, especially horses or cattle.
  2. verb To round up and confine animals or people.

enclosure — full definition

  1. noun An area surrounded by a fence, wall, or other barrier.
  2. noun Something included with a letter or document.

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