Zeriba Definition

noun

A fence, particularly those once commonly improvised in northeastern Africa from thornbushes.

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(by extension) An improvised stockade, particularly those similarly located and constructed.

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(by extension) A camp of troops employing such an enclosure.

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(by extension) Any wild and barbed barrier, evocative of a briar or thorn patch.

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verb
To erect or take refuge within a zereba.
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Other Word Forms of Zeriba

Noun

Singular:
zeriba
Plural:
zeribas

Origin of Zeriba

  • Borrowing from Arabic ("cattle pen"), from [script?] (zarb, “sheepfold”).

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Zeriba Sentence Examples

  • Information was brought by a native that the enemy had assembled in the Khor Ghob, a deep ravine not far from the zeriba.

  • The wells being occupied and a zeriba formed, the column started on the evening of the 18th.

  • A squadron of the 9th Royal Lancers, which was dismounted in the thick bush, was driven back with the loss of 9 men; but elsewhere the Arabs never succeeded in closing, and the troops returned to Suakin in the afternoon, leaving the East Surrey regiment in a zeriba covering some low hills near Hashin village.

  • McNeill, started from Suakin for Tamai, with orders to form a half-way zeriba.

  • A native had brought information that the enemy intended to attack while the zeriba was being formed, and this actually occurred.

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Words Starting With

ZZEZER

Words Ending With

ABAIBA

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Words Starting With Z and Ending With A

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With Z6 Letter Words Ending With A