Definition of "scherm" []

• A temporary shelter made from branches. (noun)

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• "It was still light, but no time was to be lost; so hastily cutting down a number of the stunted thorn bushes with which the pan abounded, we proceeded to build a "scherm" in which to pass the night."
• "A "scherm" can be made with heather or gorse -- only look out for its catching fire!"
• "By the time the "scherm" was finished the moon peeped up, and our dinners of giraffe steaks and roasted marrow-bones were ready."