Zareba \Za*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.