zareba

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za·re·ba

also za·ree·ba Z0004800 (zə-rē′bə)n.1. An enclosure of bushes or stakes protecting a campsite or village in northeast Africa.2. A campsite or village protected by such an enclosure.
[Arabic zarība, cattle pen.]

zareba

(zəˈriːbə) or

zareeba

(in northern E Africa, esp formerly) n1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a stockade or enclosure of thorn bushes around a village or campsite2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) the area so protected or enclosed[C19: from Arabic zarībah cattlepen, from zarb sheepfold]

za•re•ba

or za•ree•ba

(zəˈri bə)

n., pl. -bas. (in the Sudan and adjoining regions) a protective enclosure, as of thorn bushes. [1840–50; < Arabic zarībah pen]