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Definition of zeriba

zeriba
Zareba a*re"ba, n. (Mil.) An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc. [Written also zareeba, and zeriba.] [Egypt] ``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.
Zeriba
Zeriba e*ri"ba, n. (Mil.) Same as Zareba.

Meaning of zeriba from wikipedia

- larger No. 2 zeriba, while the rest stopped at the 5 mile point to construct the No. 1 zeriba. Small garrisons were to remain in both zeribas while the bulk...
- Zriba is a town and commune in the Zaghouan Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004, it had a po****tion of 9,022. List of cities in Tunisia (in French) Recen****t...
- British Army are shown firing on the Mahdi's dervishes from the cover of a zeriba fence. The image's caption in the book states that "Machineguns and infantry...
- tree". Zenati زناتي, from the medieval (in Berber languages) tribe Zenata. zeriba زريبة, "stockade" (in Arabic) zmala زمالة, pl. zmoul زمول "encampment" Watson...
- that the ceremony upon discovering possession consists of gathering in a zeriba (a hut made of mats) where dances and chants occur. A sacrificial animal...
- 536 21,508 24,387 El Fahs 936 43,678 46,449 Nadhour 357 28,550 30,366 Saouaf 253 12,095 12,681 Zaghouan 409 34,367 38,445 Ez-Zeriba 348 20,765 24,617...
- 1885: "A number of horses of the Bengal Lancers having broken through the zeriba [thorn-bush stockade] in confusion, galloped back to headquarters, and created...
- confluence on 28 April 1892, and on 28 April 1892 reached the Mbittima zériba, at 29°E on the south bank of the Kibali. There he received the submission...
- the magic horse and rides to the desert, stopping by a "Zeriba". The youth greets the Zeriba's owner, a sheik, and asks to borrow the place for a w****...
- with Milz and a post was established on the site of the former Egyptian zeriba of Deleb. Milz began construction of the station while Roget, guided by...