·noun A kind of stockaded intrenchment.
II. Pah ·interj An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. ·see Bah.
n. i.q. pa (q.v.). ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
A New Zealand stronghold. (See hep-pah.) ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
, or hippa. A New Zealand fort, or space surrounded with stout palisades; these rude defences have...