ZAREBAS

Noun

zarebas

plural of zareba

Source: Wiktionary


ZAREBA

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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