Zeriba

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Zareba \Za*re"ba\, n. (Mil.)
     An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes,
     etc. [Written also {zareeba}, and {zeriba}.] [Egypt]
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           "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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Zeriba \Ze*ri"ba\, n. (Mil.)
     Same as {Zareba}.
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