zareeba

zareeba
Zareba a*re"ba, n. (Mil.) An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc. [Written also {zareeba}, and {zeriba}.] [Egypt] [1913 Webster]

``Ah,'' he moralizes, ``what wonderful instinct on the part of this little creature to surround itself with a zareba like the troops after Osman Digma.'' --R. Jefferies. [1913 Webster]


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  • zareeba — zareba, zareeba see zariba …   Useful english dictionary

  • Zareba — a*re ba, n. (Mil.) An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc. [Written also {zareeba}, and {zeriba}.] [Egypt] [1913 Webster] Ah, he moralizes, what wonderful instinct on the part of this little creature to surround itself …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • zeriba — Zareba a*re ba, n. (Mil.) An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc. [Written also {zareeba}, and {zeriba}.] [Egypt] [1913 Webster] Ah, he moralizes, what wonderful instinct on the part of this little creature to surround …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • zareba — /zeuh ree beuh/, n. (in the Sudan and adjoining regions) a protective enclosure, as of thorn bushes. Also, zareeba. [1840 50; < Ar zaribah pen] * * * …   Universalium

  • zareba — or zareeba [zə rē′bə] n. [Ar zarība, a pen] in the Sudan and surrounding territory, a camping place or enclosure formed by a palisade or thorn hedge …   English World dictionary

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