Dictionary entry

Zareba

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Za‐re″ba (?), n.(Mil.) An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc. [Written also zareeba, and zeriba.]

“Ah,” he moralizes, “what wonderful instinct on the part of this little creature to surround itself with a zareba like the troops after Osman Digma.” R. Jefferies.