scherm

plural scherms

1. A temporary shelter made from branches.

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   [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.

   1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, Cassel and Company, published 1907, page 53