zareba
noun
(in the Sudan and adjoining regions) a protective enclosure, as of thorn bushes.
zareeba
-
a variation of
zareba.
Example Sentences
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These people had crept in the pitch darkness, until they had succeeded in entering the cattle zareeba.
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
They were tied up in the native zareeba.
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
We rode at once into the low forest, and as the last man of our party disappeared from view, Suleiman returned to his zareeba.
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
Trench laid him down in a corner of the zareeba where there would be shade; and in a few hours shade would be needed.
From The Four Feathers by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
"But we may go down to the Nile by daytime," said Feversham, and he started up with alarm as he gazed at the thorn zareeba.
From The Four Feathers by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
