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