سَفِيفَةٌ
Root: سف
Full Definition
2 A wide belly-girth with which a رَحْل [or camel's saddle] is bound, or fastened. [See also سَفِيفٌ.]
3 The appertenance [or suspensory] of a water-skin (قِرْبَة), which the carrier of the قربة puts over his chest [when carrying the قربة on his back]. (K voce عَرَقٌ.)
4 See also جُمَانٌ.
5 A [receptacle for dates, such as is called] دَوْخَلَّة, [made of palmleaves,] before it is woven.
6 And [the pl.] سَفَائِفُ signifies Wide ribs: or, as some say, all the ribs.
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