ثُغْرَةٌ
Root: ثغر
Full Definition
2 Also The pit of the uppermost part of the breast, or chest, between the two collar-bones; the pit in the middle of the نَحْر: pl. as above: in a camel, the pit which is the stabbingplace: and in a horse, [the part] above the جُؤْجُؤ, which is the prominent portion of the نَحْر, between the upper parts of the فَهْدَتَان [or two portions of flesh on the right and left of the breast].
3 A tract, or quarter, of the earth, or of land; as also ثَغْرٌ . You say, مَا بِتِلْكَ الثُّغْرَةِ مِثْلُهُ There is not, in that tract, or quarter, of the earth, his, or its, like.
4 A plain, level, or even, road; as also ثَغْرٌ : or any road that people tread, or pass along, with ease; because they furrow its surface: pl. as above. [Hence,] ثُغَرُ المَسْجِدِ The ways leading to the mosque: or ثُغْرَةُ المَسْجِدِ means the upper part of the mosque [app. next to the kibleh]. And هُوَيَخْتَرِقُ ثُغَرَ المَجْدِ
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