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.