boma

noun7

1. •
   An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.

   • Recent replacement of rolled mesh with bomas made of portable, flexible reinforced mesh panels have nearly eliminated predation. — 2003
2. •
   A stockade made of bushes and thorns.
3. •
   A military or police post or magistracy.

   • 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. — 2004
4. •
   A hut.
5. •
   A hide.
6. •
   [before a noun] A method of composting in which animals are bedded on the material before it is used, allowing it to gather urine and dung.

   • 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. — 2001
7. •
   A type of fertilizer rich in animal dung.

noun1

1. •
   A member of a Bantu ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.