Usually means: Enclosed area using thorn bushes.
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  1. zeriba: Merriam-Webster
  2. zeriba: Wordnik
  3. zeriba: Wiktionary
  4. Zeriba, zeriba: Dictionary.com
  5. Zeriba: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. zeriba: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Zeriba: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. zeriba: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Zeriba: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (zeriba)

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

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