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zareba

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za·re·ba also za·ree·ba  (z-rb)
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 zarba, cattle pen.]


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We therefore blocked the entrance to our zareba by filling it up with several thorny bushes, and left our camp with the stores entirely surrounded by this protecting hedge.
The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
The novelist blocks his reader's path with a zareba of stars.
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