إِطْنَابَةٌ
Root: طنب
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إِطْنَابَةٌ
A
مِظَلَّة; (S, O, K, TA; [in one of my copies of the S مُظِلَّة, and in the CK مَظَلَّة, but, as is said in the TA, it is with kesr;]) meaning a large tent of [goats'] hair.
def.2 And A thong at the head of the bow-string; a thong that is bound to the end of the string of the Arabian bow: or the thong that is at the lower curved extremity of the bow and that binds the string to the notch: or, as also طُنُبٌ , a thong that is connected with the bowstring, and then wound round the كُظْر, which is the notch of the bow, into which the ring of the bow-string goes.
2 And A thong, or strap, that is bound to the end of the girth, as an aid to its [main] strap when it becomes loose, or unsteady: or a thong, or strap, of the girth, that is tied in a knot to the buckle: pl. أَطَانِيبُ. En-Nábighah [Edh-Dhubyánee ] says, describing horses, and the same words occur in a verse of Selámeh,
3 One says also خَيْلٌ أَطَانِيبُ, and غَارَاتٌ أَطَانِيبُ, meaning
def.2 And A thong at the head of the bow-string; a thong that is bound to the end of the string of the Arabian bow: or the thong that is at the lower curved extremity of the bow and that binds the string to the notch: or, as also طُنُبٌ , a thong that is connected with the bowstring, and then wound round the كُظْر, which is the notch of the bow, into which the ring of the bow-string goes.
2 And A thong, or strap, that is bound to the end of the girth, as an aid to its [main] strap when it becomes loose, or unsteady: or a thong, or strap, of the girth, that is tied in a knot to the buckle: pl. أَطَانِيبُ. En-Nábighah [Edh-Dhubyánee ] says, describing horses, and the same words occur in a verse of Selámeh,
which is said to mean, [Striking the ground with their hoofs,] the knots of the breast-girths (الأَلْبَاب and الحُزُم) having become loose. (O, TA. [عُقْدُ is here put for عُقَدُ for the sake of the metre.])يَرْكُضْنَ قَدْ قَلِقَتْ عُقْدُ الأَطَانِيبِ
3 One says also خَيْلٌ أَطَانِيبُ, and غَارَاتٌ أَطَانِيبُ, meaning
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