zareba

American  

[zuh-ree-buh] / zəˈri bə /

Or zareeba

noun

1. (in the Sudan and adjoining regions) a protective enclosure, as of thorn bushes.

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zareba British  

/ zəˈriːbə /

noun

1. a stockade or enclosure of thorn bushes around a village or campsite

2. the area so protected or enclosed

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Etymology

Origin of zareba

First recorded in 1840–50, zareba is from the Arabic word zarībah pen

Example Sentences

Here they could see a number of fires blazing in a vacant space near the thorn zareba, and toward this Mbopo led them.

From The Blind Lion of the Congo by Whitney, Elliott

The startled boys saw the latter bend, there came another terrific roar, then the stout thorn zareba was burst apart and into the enclosure rolled the form of an immense lion!

From The Blind Lion of the Congo by Whitney, Elliott

Behind the warriors and inside the zareba was a still larger assemblage of women and children.

From The Blind Lion of the Congo by Whitney, Elliott

And pushing aside the thorns close by the rocks, he slipped out of the zareba.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

But in the meantime it grew dark; so Stas conducted the little girl to the zareba where supper already awaited them.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk