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scherm
[ skerm, skurm ]
noun
- (in South Africa) a hut, screen, or shelter constructed from branches and canvas, scraped animal hides, or the like.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scherm1
1860–65; < Afrikaans skerm screen, shelter < Dutch scherm screen, (earlier) shelter
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Example Sentences
Hij ziet het scherm voor een kachel aan, en verknoeit alles.
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The bedroom is usually the lee–side of a bush or scherm of cut branches.
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Then I turned a corner of the scherm (camp fence), and saw at once what was up.
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There were several of us, and we slept in a scherm, very snug and jolly we were too.
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And now footsteps were heard approaching the scherm, together with the rattle of assegai hafts.
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