schermとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

scherm (plural scherms)

1. A temporary shelter made from branches.
   • 1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, Cassel and Company, published 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.

アナグラム

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