Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أُصْدَةٌ

Root: اصد

Full Definition

أُصْدَةٌ and أَصِيدَةٌ and مُؤَصَّدٌ or , A garment of the kind called صِدَار worn by a young girl: when a girl attains to the age of puberty, she is clad with a دِرْع: or a small shirt for a little girl: or worn beneath the ثَوْب; or the أُصْدَة is a garment without sleeves, worn by a bride and by a little girl: or a small shirt or shift, worn beneath the ثوب; and also worn by little girls: or a garment of which the sewing is not complete: or i. q. بَقِيرَةٌ: or i. q. صُدْرَةٌ. Kutheiyir says, وَقَدْ دَرَّعُوهَا وَهْىَ ذَاتُ مَجُوبٍ وَ لَمَّا يَلْبَسِ الدِّرْعَ رِيدُهَا [They clad her with a دِرْع when she wore a مُؤَصَّد with an opening cut out at the neck and bosom, when her equal in age had not yet worn the درع ].


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