scherm

[ skerm, skurm ]

noun

1. (in South Africa) a hut, screen, or shelter constructed from branches and canvas, scraped animal hides, or the like.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scherm¹

1860–65; < Afrikaans skerm screen, shelter < Dutch scherm screen, (earlier) shelter

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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