Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

سَدِيلٌ

Root: سدل

Full Definition

سَدِيلٌ The thing [or hanging] that is let down, or suspended, upon the [kind of camel-vehicle for women called] هَوْدَج: pl. [of mult.] سُدُولٌ and سَدَائِلُ and [of pauc.] أَسْدَالٌ: the first of which pls. is expl. by As as meaning the pieces of cloth with which the هودج is covered; as also سُدُونٌ.
2 Also A thing [app. a hanging or curtain] that is extended across, or sideways, (يُعَرَّضُ,) in the space from side to side of the [tent called] خِبَآء (فِى سَعَةِ الخِبَآءِ): and the curtain of the حَجَلَة [or bridal canopy, &c.,] of a woman: pls. as above.


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