ZAREBA

Noun

zareba (plural zarebas)

(mostly, figurative) Alternative spelling of zariba

Verb

zareba (third-person singular simple present zarebas, present participle zarebaing, simple past and past participle zarebaed)

(mostly, figurative) Alternative spelling of zariba

Source: Wiktionary


Za*re"ba, n. (Mil.)

Definition: An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc. [Written also zareeba, and zeriba.] [Egypt] "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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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