scherm means A temporary shelter made from branches. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
noun
- A temporary shelter made from branches.“[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.”