عَتَلَةٌ
Root: عتل
Full Definition
2 And The مِجْثَاث [or iron implement with which young palm-trees, or shoots of palm-trees, are pulled up or off, as expl. in art. جث, and in the Ham p. 102]: (S, K: [in one copy of the S, المِحتاتُ is erroneously put for المِجْثَاثُ; and in another of the S, and in some copies of the K, and in the O, المُجْتَابُ:]) pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] عَتَلٌ . An iron implement with which young palm-trees, or shoots of palm-trees, and the branches, or shoots, of grape-vines, are cut, or lopped.
3 And An iron thing resembling the head of a [hoe, or the like, such as is called] فَأْس, broad, and having in its lower part a piece of wood; with which earth and walls are dug, or excavated; not curved like the فأس, but even with the piece of wood: or [in the CK “ and ”] a large, or thick, rod of iron, having a wide head, like the قَبِيعَة [or pommel] of the sword, used by the builder, with which the wall is demolished.
4 And A thick staff of wood. [Now commonly applied to A shoulder-pole by means of which burdens are carried by two men.]
5 And عَتَلٌ signifies Persian bows; one of which is termed عَتَلَةٌ: or strong bows.
def.2 Also, i. e. عَتَلَةٌ, A large clod of clay, or cohesive earth, that is plucked from the ground when it is ploughed, or turned over.
def.3 And A she-camel that does not conceive, and is therefore always strong.
def.4 [It is also a pl. of عَاتِلٌ, q. v., voce عَتِيلٌ.]
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