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Define the word Zareba

"Zareba" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Zareba \Za*re"ba\, n. (Mil.)
   An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes,
   etc. [Written also zareeba, and zeriba.] [Egypt]
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         "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.
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