zeriba.
A fence of the type once commonly improvised in northeastern Africa from thornbushes.
Meaning & usage
A fence of the type once commonly improvised in northeastern Africa from thornbushes.
An improvised stockade, particularly those similarly located and constructed.
A camp of troops employing such an enclosure.
Any wild and barbed barrier, evocative of a briar or thorn patch.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Arabic زَرِيبَة (zarība, “pen, cattle pen”).
To erect or take refuge within a zeriba.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Arabic زَرِيبَة (zarība, “pen, cattle pen”).
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