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Zareba  n.  (Written also zareeba, and zeriba)  (Mil.) An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc. (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.""






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"Zareba" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the afternoon. The sun already lowered towards the west. Gebhr thought of a resting place; he wanted only to reach some small valley in which he could construct a zareba, that is, enclose the caravan and horses with a fence of thorny mimosa and acacias, for protection against attacks of wild animals. Saba rushed ahead, barking at the baboons which at sight of him shook uneasily, and all of ...
— In Desert and Wilderness • Henryk Sienkiewicz



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