حِيَاصَةٌ
Root: حوص
Full Definition
2 Anything with which a man binds his waist: [particularly, in modern usage, a kind of girdle, zone, or waistbelt, which is fastened round the waist with a buckle or clasp; worn by men and by women; and when worn by wealthy women, generally adorned with jewels &c., and having two plates of silver or gold, also generally jewelled, which clasp together: in earlier post-classical times, it is described as being of silver, and of gold: pl. حَوَائِصُ:] of the dial. of Syria.
3 [See also another application of this word voce حُرْدِىٌّ.]
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