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

In a way, like the Celtic hill towns of Normandy and Brittany, it took Roman impulse to develop it into anything more beautiful and influential than the mere stockade or zareba of the aborigine.

From Dickens' London by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

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

Strands of thorn-bush were interwoven among the tusks, which were planted closely in the ground, but the zareba was so low that the lion would have had no difficulty in leaping over it.

From The Blind Lion of the Congo by Whitney, Elliott

I should think we might rig up something right here inside the ivory zareba, but I don't see quite how.

From The Blind Lion of the Congo by Whitney, Elliott

"When the downpour quenches the fire, the zareba will defend us," Stas said to pacify Nell.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk