zareba

English

Noun

zareba (plural zarebas)

1. an improvised stockade constructed especially of thornbushes and used for defense in parts of Africa
   • 1910: P. G. Wodehouse, Deep Waters

     Once you had passed the initial zareba of fruit stands, souvenir stands, ice-cream stands, and the lair of the enthusiast whose aim in life it was to sell you picture post-cards, and had won through to the long walk where the seats were, you were practically alone with Nature.

2. a village protected by such a structure

External links

• Zeriba in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.