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scherm - What does it mean?

Definition of 'scherm'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A temporary shelter made from branches.
  • * 1885 , H. Rider Haggard, , Cassel and Company (1907), page 53:
  • ... [W]e went to work to build a "scherm " near one of the pools and about a hundred yards to the right of it. This is done by cutting a quantity of thorn bushes and piling them in the shape of a circular hedge. Then the space enclosed is smoothed, and dry tambouki grass, if obtainable, is made into a bed in the centre, and a fire or fires lighted.
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