zariban.

Brit.

/zəˈriːbə/, U.S.

/zəˈribə/

Forms: Also seriba, sariba, zerybeh, zareba, zareeba, zer(r)iba, zereba.

Etymology: Arabic zarība^h pen or enclosure for cattle (zarb sheep-fold).

a. In the Sudan and adjacent parts of Africa, A fence or enclosure, usually constructed of thorn-bushes, for defence against the attacks of enemies or wild beasts; a fenced or fortified camp.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > palisade or stockade > [noun]

shide-wallc1000

barrierc1380

peel?a1400

bails1523

palisade1588

stockado1608

stockade1614

fraise1775

picket1779

estacade1827

zariba1849

boma1860

1849 O'Reilly tr. Werne Exped. Sources White Nile II. 112 A shining seriba of reeds, the stalks of which..perhaps only afford resistance to tame animals.

1852 Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 27 Mar. 337 The Sultan has planted a zerybeh, or circular inclosure, with two issues.

1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia xii. 315 We employed ourselves..in cutting thorn branches, and constructing a zareeba.

1884 Times 11 Mar. 5 The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) advanced this morning to Baker Pasha's zariba.

b. Applied to a formation of troops for defence against attack.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [noun] > other formations

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shears1562

snail1579

rendy1581

saw battle1598

shear-battle1598

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horn battle1635

sconce-battle1635

potence1760

echelon1796

marching order1819

harrow1876

zariba1887

1887 Times 9 Apr. 5/5 Forming a zariba, or square, to resist cavalry.

c. transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > means of protection or defence

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shieldc1200

warranta1272

bergha1325

armour1340

hedge1340

defencec1350

bucklerc1380

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safety1399

targea1400

suretyc1405

wall1412

pavise?a1439

fencec1440

safeguard?c1500

pale?a1525

waretack1542

muniment1546

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bulwark1577

countermure1581

ward1582

prevention1584

armourya1586

fortificationa1586

securitya1586

penthouse1589

palladium1600

guard1609

subtectacle1609

tutament1609

umbrella1609

bastion1615

screena1616

amulet1621

alexikakon1635

breastwork1643

security1643

protectionary1653

sepiment1660

back1680

shadower1691

aegis1760

inoculation1761

buoya1770

propugnaculum1773

panoply1789

armament1793

fascine1793

protective1827

beaver1838

face shield1842

vaccine1861

zariba1885

wolf-platform1906

firebreak1959

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > an enclosed space or place

lockOE

close1297

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closinga1398

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shut1605

cincture1627

precinct1774

encincture1849

zariba1885

1885 Glasgow Herald 19 Mar. 4/5 It is when he advances from these elementary zarebas that he loses himself in the wilderness, and, apparently from an inherent inability to state any fact correctly.

1898 A. White in National Rev. Aug. 804 The..Tsar..is..surrounded by a zereba of detail and enticed from affairs of State by organized diversions.

1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin iii. 42 The orchestra..took their places behind a zareba of bunting-covered biscuit-boxes and hired palms erected in front of the stage.

1940 G. Greene Power & Glory ii. ii. 128 The shadows of the palms pointed at him like a zareba of sabres.

1961 P. G. Wodehouse Ice in Bedroom vii. 52 Owing to his obiter dicta having to be filtered through a zareba of white hair, it was not always easy to catch exactly what Mr. Cornelius said.

1965 G. Maxwell House of Elrig x. 139 The final approach to any birds' nest was an affair of struggle and achievement. My hand reaches through the twigged zareba of basket and basket handle, touches the soft lining, touches the firm intimacy of the eggs.

1974 Author Spring 33 A novelist..has direct access to his readers, with no thorny zariba of a cast of actors to battle through.

1984 Listener 3 May 24/2 The two previous ones faced the reader in their opening chapters with an almost impenetrable zareba of thickset descriptions of the committee structure.

d. attributive.

ΚΠ

1895 A. H. Keane tr. W. Junker Trav. in Afr. I. v. 245 The expression ‘zeriba country’ applied by some geographers to the northern slope of the Nile-Congo divide.

1901 H. Vivian Abyssinia vii. 184 A succession of enclosures, each with a zareba wall.

Derivatives

zaˈriba v. (transitive) to surround or enclose with a zariba; intransitive to construct or form a zariba.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > palisade or stockade > [verb (transitive)]

palisade1632

stacket1637

stockado1647

fraise1706

picket1745

stockade1755

zariba1885

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > with a fence or hedge

haya1050

frith1377

hain14..

hedgea1425

fence1435

tinec1440

bara1500

mound1515

fence1535

teen1616

mile1655

picket1745

ring-fence1761

zariba1885

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form or reform [verb (intransitive)] > other formations

snail1548

zariba1885

1885 19th Cent. July 89 Orders were given to zereba ourselves... The Brigadier ordered the force to zereba on the best position that was near.

1886 Contemp. Rev. June 850 A large garden, zerebaed in with aloes and henna.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zariba
释义	zariban. Brit. /zəˈriːbə/, U.S. /zəˈribə/ Forms: Also seriba, sariba, zerybeh, zareba, zareeba, zer(r)iba, zereba. Etymology: Arabic zarība^h pen or enclosure for cattle (zarb sheep-fold). a. In the Sudan and adjacent parts of Africa, A fence or enclosure, usually constructed of thorn-bushes, for defence against the attacks of enemies or wild beasts; a fenced or fortified camp. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > palisade or stockade > [noun] shide-wallc1000 barrierc1380 peel?a1400 bails1523 palisade1588 stockado1608 stockade1614 fraise1775 picket1779 estacade1827 zariba1849 boma1860 1849 O'Reilly tr. Werne Exped. Sources White Nile II. 112 A shining seriba of reeds, the stalks of which..perhaps only afford resistance to tame animals. 1852 Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 27 Mar. 337 The Sultan has planted a zerybeh, or circular inclosure, with two issues. 1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries Abyssinia xii. 315 We employed ourselves..in cutting thorn branches, and constructing a zareeba. 1884 Times 11 Mar. 5 The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) advanced this morning to Baker Pasha's zariba. b. Applied to a formation of troops for defence against attack. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [noun] > other formations herse1523 shears1562 snail1579 rendy1581 saw battle1598 shear-battle1598 file1616 horn battle1635 sconce-battle1635 potence1760 echelon1796 marching order1819 harrow1876 zariba1887 1887 Times 9 Apr. 5/5 Forming a zariba, or square, to resist cavalry. c. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > means of protection or defence hornc825 shieldc1200 warranta1272 bergha1325 armour1340 hedge1340 defencec1350 bucklerc1380 protectiona1382 safety1399 targea1400 suretyc1405 wall1412 pavise?a1439 fencec1440 safeguard?c1500 pale?a1525 waretack1542 muniment1546 shrouda1561 bulwark1577 countermure1581 ward1582 prevention1584 armourya1586 fortificationa1586 securitya1586 penthouse1589 palladium1600 guard1609 subtectacle1609 tutament1609 umbrella1609 bastion1615 screena1616 amulet1621 alexikakon1635 breastwork1643 security1643 protectionary1653 sepiment1660 back1680 shadower1691 aegis1760 inoculation1761 buoya1770 propugnaculum1773 panoply1789 armament1793 fascine1793 protective1827 beaver1838 face shield1842 vaccine1861 zariba1885 wolf-platform1906 firebreak1959 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > an enclosed space or place lockOE close1297 cloisterc1300 purseynta1325 clausurea1398 closinga1398 closera1400 blokc1400 procinct1422 parclosea1470 enterclose1480 enclose1483 closure1496 sept1548 enclosure1552 shut1605 cincture1627 precinct1774 encincture1849 zariba1885 1885 Glasgow Herald 19 Mar. 4/5 It is when he advances from these elementary zarebas that he loses himself in the wilderness, and, apparently from an inherent inability to state any fact correctly. 1898 A. White in National Rev. Aug. 804 The..Tsar..is..surrounded by a zereba of detail and enticed from affairs of State by organized diversions. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin iii. 42 The orchestra..took their places behind a zareba of bunting-covered biscuit-boxes and hired palms erected in front of the stage. 1940 G. Greene Power & Glory ii. ii. 128 The shadows of the palms pointed at him like a zareba of sabres. 1961 P. G. Wodehouse Ice in Bedroom vii. 52 Owing to his obiter dicta having to be filtered through a zareba of white hair, it was not always easy to catch exactly what Mr. Cornelius said. 1965 G. Maxwell House of Elrig x. 139 The final approach to any birds' nest was an affair of struggle and achievement. My hand reaches through the twigged zareba of basket and basket handle, touches the soft lining, touches the firm intimacy of the eggs. 1974 Author Spring 33 A novelist..has direct access to his readers, with no thorny zariba of a cast of actors to battle through. 1984 Listener 3 May 24/2 The two previous ones faced the reader in their opening chapters with an almost impenetrable zareba of thickset descriptions of the committee structure. d. attributive. ΚΠ 1895 A. H. Keane tr. W. Junker Trav. in Afr. I. v. 245 The expression ‘zeriba country’ applied by some geographers to the northern slope of the Nile-Congo divide. 1901 H. Vivian Abyssinia vii. 184 A succession of enclosures, each with a zareba wall. Derivatives zaˈriba v. (transitive) to surround or enclose with a zariba; intransitive to construct or form a zariba. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > palisade or stockade > [verb (transitive)] palisade1632 stacket1637 stockado1647 fraise1706 picket1745 stockade1755 zariba1885 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > with a fence or hedge haya1050 frith1377 hain14.. hedgea1425 fence1435 tinec1440 bara1500 mound1515 fence1535 teen1616 mile1655 picket1745 ring-fence1761 zariba1885 society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form or reform [verb (intransitive)] > other formations snail1548 zariba1885 1885 19th Cent. July 89 Orders were given to zereba ourselves... The Brigadier ordered the force to zereba on the best position that was near. 1886 Contemp. Rev. June 850 A large garden, zerebaed in with aloes and henna. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849
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