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

We had to make the best of a bad job, and by making a kind of zareba of dead branches, some sort of cover from view from anyone more than fifty yards away was possible.

From 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison by Caunter, John Alan Lyde

Beyond the zareba could be heard the snorting of horses and the crunching of grass in their teeth.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

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

As nearly as the boys could guess, there were something like three hundred warriors gathered about the gate of the zareba as they came up.

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