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

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zareba

This presently blazed up, Critch wishing to wait until plenty of light was cast upon the sacred objects and the gateway of the ivory zareba.

From The Blind Lion of the Congo by Elliott Whitney

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

From In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Kali and Mea put up a zareba, built a fire, and prepared supper.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz

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

From The Blind Lion of the Congo by Elliott Whitney

In the jungle, not far from the club, I marked out the spot for our bivouac around which I ordered a zareba to be constructed.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly