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 village was surrounded by the usual thorn zareba, an' the whole tribe was gathered just inside the gates, feastin'.

From The Blind Lion of the Congo by Whitney, Elliott

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 Casserly, Gordon

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

"And we can carry off this whole blamed zareba that way, with the ankh too!"

From The Blind Lion of the Congo by Whitney, Elliott

The odor of the raw meat and blood reached up to the tree, as the lions feasted not farther than twenty paces from the zareba.

From In Desert and Wilderness by Sienkiewicz, Henryk