boma
suomi-englanti sanakirjaboma englanniksi
An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
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2003, Rosie Woodroffe, Simon Thirgood, Alan and Rabinowitz, ''People and Wildlife, Conflict Or Co-existence?'', Cambridge University Press, page 298,
- Recent replacement of rolled mesh with bomas made of portable, flexible reinforced mesh panels have nearly eliminated predation.
A stockade made of bushes and thorns.
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A hide.
1922, Mary Hastings Bradley, ''On the Gorilla trail'', quoted in Mary Zeiss Strange (editor), ''Heart Shots: Women write about hunting'', Stackpole Books, page 182,
- You try to arrange the scene so the moonlight will be on the bait with a clear background against which the lion will show up. You pile as much fresh brush as you can on your thicket or boma, as the hiding place is called, for the lion can see as well by day as by night.
A hut.
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A military or police post or magistracy.
5 February 2004, ''Zambia: Muyumbwe Boma Needs Police Post'' (allAfrica.com):
- GWEMBE district police officer-in-charge Adams Gondwe has appealed to Government to put up a police post in Muyumbwe boma to replace one that was washed away by floods last year.
A type of fertilizer rich in animal dung.
''Soil fertility regeneration in Kenya'' (PDF):
- The cattle are usually corralled overnight which enables farmers to collect farmyard or ''boma'' manure.
A method of composting.
2001, HDRA - the organic organisation, ''Composting in the Tropics II'', page 16 (PDF):
- The Boma method is used on farms where there are animals (cows, sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens), which are kept in enclosures where droppings are concentrated.
government office or building, or zone where such buildings are located
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bomb (gloss)
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