English Explanatory Dictionary

zeriba

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fence of the type once commonly improvised in northeastern Africa from thornbushes.
  2. An improvised stockade, particularly those similarly located and constructed.
  3. A camp of troops employing such an enclosure.
  4. Any wild and barbed barrier, evocative of a briar or thorn patch.
verb
  1. To erect or take refuge within a zeriba.

Pronunciation

/zəˈɹiːbə/

Word forms

zeriba zeribas zareba zariba seriba sariba zerybeh zereba zareeba zerriba zeribaing zeribaed

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَرِيبَة (zarība, “pen, cattle pen”).

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