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

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

Thorny branches and a shrub which causes an intense irritation when touched were thrown in among them; and the zareba thus constructed formed a formidable obstacle.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon

Running to his side, Burt saw the beaten spot in the tall grass where the lion must have alighted from his last leap over the ivory zareba after having been wounded.

From The Blind Lion of the Congo by Whitney, Elliott

The horses began to push upon the zareba and were it not for the long and hard-as-steel thorns of the acacia branches, they would have demolished it.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

The danger of the situation increased because the wind had totally swept away the zareba.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk